CNN's post-Cessna-invasion programming

"H.P." wrote:

The piece with the pilot reporter and the interview with Phil Boyer were
pretty fair, IMHO.

I agree. Compared to what we have seen from the media in the past, I thought
CNN did a pretty good job overall.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Dan Luke Wrote:
"H.P." wrote:
The piece with the pilot reporter and the interview with Phil Boyer
were
pretty fair, IMHO.

I agree. Compared to what we have seen from the media in the past, I
thought
CNN did a pretty good job overall.

When I saw the O. P. and read the program description on the CNN
website yesterday I actually decided to leave work early and go watch
the program. I thought I'd be witnessing the beginning of the end of
G. A. and I was ready to be ****ed off by the usual ignorant media
scare-mongering, but I was pleasantly surprised by the rational and
accurate analysis of the situation. The dude from NORAD said as soon
as they got along side the perp they knew there was no threat from a
Cessna single, and that info was immediately relayed to the top of the
chain. I'm guessing that by that time they had already pushed the big
red button and there was no way to tell every rent-a-cop in D. C. to
stand down. Miles O'Brien is now my favorite talking head. He
actually straight out said you couldn't do significant damage with an
airplane that's 1600 ponds soaking wet! Somebody needs to tell Boyer
to ditch the comb-over, though . On the 10 o'clock news here in the
Phoenix area the story wasn't up until 12 minutes after the hour, after
the American Idol update. The story didn't even make the front page of
today's Arizona Republic.

-R

Update: However, the schmuck following Paula Zahn, Aaron Brown, is a being a
slime-weenie-jerk-ignorant-bloviating-gasbag. "...with the plane bearing
down on the Whitehouse..." he says.

His intelligence seems to be affected by the bad dental implant job that
he's been struggling with since the late 90's.


"H.P." wrote in message
...
The piece with the pilot reporter and the interview with Phil Boyer were
pretty fair, IMHO.


"Mike 'Flyin'8'" wrote in message
...
Watching this CNN fiasco now... What a joke... This Paula Zahn is a
complete moron.

On Wed, 11 May 2005 18:34:21 -0400, Charles O'Rourke
-net wrote:

Hi all -

According to the CNN web site, CNN will be having a program tonight
entitled, "Defending the Skies: The threat small planes and their pilots
pose to security." It's on at 8 PM EDT (on "Paula Zahn NOW"). Should
be interesting to find out how much of a threat we are.

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/

Charles.
-N8385U


Mike Alexander
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
See my online aerial photo album at
http://flying.4alexanders.com

You have a horrible mouth

H.P. wrote:
Update: However, the schmuck following Paula Zahn, Aaron Brown, is a
being a
slime-weenie-jerk-ignorant-bloviating-gasbag. "...with the plane
bearing
down on the Whitehouse..." he says.

His intelligence seems to be affected by the bad dental implant job
that
he's been struggling with since the late 90's.


"H.P." wrote in message
...
The piece with the pilot reporter and the interview with Phil Boyer
were
pretty fair, IMHO.


"Mike 'Flyin'8'" wrote in message
...
Watching this CNN fiasco now... What a joke... This Paula Zahn is
a
complete moron.

On Wed, 11 May 2005 18:34:21 -0400, Charles O'Rourke
-net wrote:

Hi all -

According to the CNN web site, CNN will be having a program
tonight
entitled, "Defending the Skies: The threat small planes and their
pilots
pose to security." It's on at 8 PM EDT (on "Paula Zahn NOW").
Should
be interesting to find out how much of a threat we are.

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/

Charles.
-N8385U


Mike Alexander
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
See my online aerial photo album at
http://flying.4alexanders.com

"Mike 'Flyin'8'" wrote in message ...
Watching this CNN fiasco now... What a joke... This Paula Zahn is a
complete moron.

On Wed, 11 May 2005 18:34:21 -0400, Charles O'Rourke
-net wrote:

snip
Mike Alexander
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
See my online aerial photo album at
http://flying.4alexanders.com


Green Day - American Idiot

Dont wanna be an american idiot
Dont want a nation under the new media
Hey can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind **** america

[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
everything isn't meant to be O.K.
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

Maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now everybody do the propaganda
And sing along to the age of paranoia
(Chorus)

Don't wanna be an American Idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information age of hysteria
It's going out to Idiot America

"Blueskies" wrote
Green Day - American Idiot lyrics

OFF TOPIC ALERT** Good song, even better album (although
mistitled IMO), by a very talented band.
**END OFF TOPIC

....but what does it have to do with this? Zahn/CNN would be
considered "old media", which GD appears to favor, or at
least their politics/lyrics point that way.

Chris

"Get in there and make me some bean dip!"
www.philhendrieshow.com

"SeeAndAvoid" wrote in message nk.net...
"Blueskies" wrote
Green Day - American Idiot lyrics

OFF TOPIC ALERT** Good song, even better album (although
mistitled IMO), by a very talented band.
**END OFF TOPIC

...but what does it have to do with this? Zahn/CNN would be
considered "old media", which GD appears to favor, or at
least their politics/lyrics point that way.

Chris

"Get in there and make me some bean dip!"
www.philhendrieshow.com



Old media is the likes of Walter Cronkite - CNN is a part of the new media one voice solution...

"Blueskies" wrote
A very poor attempt at satire, political humor, or..

That is below even you, blueskies. Try to be more civilized, huh?
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message news

"Blueskies" wrote
A very poor attempt at satire, political humor, or..

That is below even you, blueskies. Try to be more civilized, huh?
--
Jim in NC


Nah, I didn't write it - just a quote from one of the more popular songs around. FWIW...hmmm that is another pretty good
song...

There's somethin' happenin' here.
What it is ain't exactly clear.
There's a man with a gun over there
A-tellin' me I've got to beware.

I think it's time we stop.
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin' down.

There's battle lines bein' drawn.
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong.
Young people speakin' their minds
A-gettin' so much resistance from behind.

I think it's time we stop.
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin' down.

What a field day for the heat.
A thousand people in the street
Singin' songs and a-carryin' signs
Mostly sayin' hooray for our side.

It's time we stop.
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin' down.

Paranoia strikes deep.
Into your life it will creep.
It starts when you're always afraid.
Step out of line, the men come and take you away.

You better stop.
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin'..
You better stop.
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin'..
You better stop.
Now, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin'..
You better stop.
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin