CBS "News" strikes AGAIN

My reply:

Your hysterical anti-general aviation piece was bad enough. Now I understand
that you are demanding to know why the drunken pilot in Philadelphia was not
shot down by the military. Do you really think that is an appropriate
response? Should drunk drivers be shot by state troopers on sight? Are you
now recommending the death penalty for any form of drunkenness? Without
trial? Or are you just interested in shooting pilots? Were you not concerned
about the safety of innocent bystanders on the ground that might be hit by
the flaming wreckage or spent anti-aircraft munitions? What if the pilot had
had his family on board?



I can see your news story now: "Bush administration orders airplane with
family of four on board shot down. Husband, wife, and two small children
killed. See our full report on this outrage at 11." I sure bet that you
would not be reminding viewers that this was your idea in the first place.



Maybe you would like to shoot school children or mothers, too. Who else
would you like to shoot? Republicans? Baptists? Anybody that Dan Rather does
not like?



Your network has gone so far off the deep end that I will never watch it
again. Ever. In fact, I will probably disconnect my cable service and maybe
even give my TV away.



You have so outraged the aviation community with these broadcasts that I
suspect that tens of thousands of pilots feel the way I do. Although I would
not condone it, I would not be surprised if there is violence as a result of
your irresponsible reporting. You have harmed not only yourselves, but have
brought the integrity of the entire news reporting industry into question.



Whoever made this report should be fired immediately and a public apology
given.

Ok I thought of something else. Does anyone know if celebrity pilots
like Travolta and Ford are at all active on these issues? You'd think
Travolta would have something to say given his airport living
arrangements. Then the general public might actually listen.

Not to mention the dozens of pilots that actually work for the media such as
Bob Arnot and Hugh Downs, they must be rolling their eyes.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jordan" wrote in message
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Ok I thought of something else. Does anyone know if celebrity pilots
like Travolta and Ford are at all active on these issues? You'd think
Travolta would have something to say given his airport living
arrangements. Then the general public might actually listen.

I don't remember when it was or what the subject was, but I do remember a
few years ago seeing Arnot say something like: "The information in our
report last week was just totally wrong".

And I think a lot of reporters will change their tune when they realize that
if all of this keeps up they'll be driving through the boondocks instead of
riding a nice Part 135 air taxi!

"Jim" wrote in message
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Not to mention the dozens of pilots that actually work for the media such
as
Bob Arnot and Hugh Downs, they must be rolling their eyes.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jordan" wrote in message
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Ok I thought of something else. Does anyone know if celebrity pilots
like Travolta and Ford are at all active on these issues? You'd think
Travolta would have something to say given his airport living
arrangements. Then the general public might actually listen.

"Jordan" wrote:
You'd think Travolta would have something to say

God spare us. I hope no one thinks to send a crew out to interview him.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
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"Jordan" wrote in message
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Ok I thought of something else. Does anyone know if celebrity pilots
like Travolta and Ford are at all active on these issues? You'd think
Travolta would have something to say given his airport living
arrangements. Then the general public might actually listen.

If we have to have celebrity endorsement, then our nation is too brain dead
to endure and is finished.

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in
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"Jordan" wrote in message
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If we have to have celebrity endorsement, then our nation is too brain
dead to endure and is finished.

That's what happens when teachers make minimum wage, and celebrities make
$100,000 an episode...

Judah wrote:

That's what happens when teachers make minimum wage, and celebrities make
$100,000 an episode...

Well, teachers haven't made that little in a LLLOOONNNGGG time! Around here, the
going rate is around 50K for substitutes and over 70K to start for regulars. By
comparison, starting pay for a software developer with an MS is about 50K.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 23:43:26 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:

Well, teachers haven't made that little in a LLLOOONNNGGG time! Around here, the
going rate is around 50K for substitutes and over 70K to start for regulars. By
comparison, starting pay for a software developer with an MS is about 50K.

Is that 70K real dollars or annualized based on 52.5 for nine months?

Don

Hey listen... Compared to CBS News, my little hyperbolic illustration was
totally within limits!

Besides, even if they make $50K a year, that still pales in comparison to
$100k per episode or per game.


"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in
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Judah wrote:

That's what happens when teachers make minimum wage, and celebrities
make $100,000 an episode...

Well, teachers haven't made that little in a LLLOOONNNGGG time! Around
here, the going rate is around 50K for substitutes and over 70K to
start for regulars. By comparison, starting pay for a software
developer with an MS is about 50K.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually
said is "Hummmmm... That's interesting...."