The crap the media come out with following an aircraft crash
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Always had a laugh at some of the rubbish heard on TV, or in the papers following an aircraft incident.
Such as: The pilot stayed at the controls. Where TF else is the pilot going to go? nip out the back for a minute, for a quick fag? this comment might only apply to military aircraft with ejection systems, but for almost every other aircraft it is complete nonsense.
Or. The pilot steered away from the house. lets see now, I am in a potential crash landing situation, and in front of me is an open field, and a house. Do you know, I think I might just ignore the open field, and go straight for the house!
I am sure others can think of a few more daft things the media come out with following an aircraft incident, but the two above always made laugh and cringe in equal measure.
Such as: The pilot stayed at the controls. Where TF else is the pilot going to go? nip out the back for a minute, for a quick fag? this comment might only apply to military aircraft with ejection systems, but for almost every other aircraft it is complete nonsense.
Or. The pilot steered away from the house. lets see now, I am in a potential crash landing situation, and in front of me is an open field, and a house. Do you know, I think I might just ignore the open field, and go straight for the house!
I am sure others can think of a few more daft things the media come out with following an aircraft incident, but the two above always made laugh and cringe in equal measure.
MitchT said:
Media reports on any kind of transport incident tend to be cringeworthy. I've heard of a train being "steered to safety" before now. 
It's not just transport. It's anything. Absolutely any subject, if you know the subject, then usually, any sudden event in the news about that thing, is utter rubbish.Planes
Trains
IT
Medicine
Cars
Alien autopsies
Women
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The contents of the news readers handbag
etc
All wrong.
Munter said:
It's not just transport. It's anything. Absolutely any subject, if you know the subject, then usually, any sudden event in the news about that thing, is utter rubbish.
Planes
Trains
IT
Medicine
Cars
Alien autopsies
Women
Men
Animals
The contents of the news readers handbag
etc
All wrong.
Yup, for my shame it took me until I was about 24 to realise just how much stuff is wrong or completely made up - there was a big story in the papers in the field I work in and the amount of nonsense printed about it was crazy. It then dawned on me that turning the page didn't make the next story any more true...Planes
Trains
IT
Medicine
Cars
Alien autopsies
Women
Men
Animals
The contents of the news readers handbag
etc
All wrong.
Many years ago a local paper was doing an article about the airfield I was flying from then, with the journalist being given a flight in an aged C172. She wrote: the plane hurtled down the runway at well over 180 mph before lifting skywards!
That particular aircraft would probably have difficulty reaching that speed if it was dropped off a cliff with the Abottopotamus in the back.
She further went on to describe the aircraft at the field, which at the time included 3 Rollason Condors. Her article stated that the airfield had 3 Rollson Condoms which many of the pilots used regularly.
That particular aircraft would probably have difficulty reaching that speed if it was dropped off a cliff with the Abottopotamus in the back.
She further went on to describe the aircraft at the field, which at the time included 3 Rollason Condors. Her article stated that the airfield had 3 Rollson Condoms which many of the pilots used regularly.
Munter said:
MitchT said:
Media reports on any kind of transport incident tend to be cringeworthy. I've heard of a train being "steered to safety" before now.
It's not just transport. It's anything. Absolutely any subject, if you know the subject, then usually, any sudden event in the news about that thing, is utter rubbish.Planes
Trains
IT
Medicine
Cars
Alien autopsies
Women
Men
Animals
The contents of the news readers handbag
etc
All wrong.
Pan Pan Pan said:
She further went on to describe the aircraft at the field, which at the time included 3 Rollason Condors. Her article stated that the airfield had 3 Rollson Condoms which many of the pilots used regularly.
The wonders of predictive but unchecked text. That's progress folks.Everything in the media is s
t. All this furor about "fake news" is just the mainstream media getting it's knickers in a twist that they've lost control of the news "narrative".
Here's another dhead banging on about media honesty/accuracy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDFdkmW-GCk
t. All this furor about "fake news" is just the mainstream media getting it's knickers in a twist that they've lost control of the news "narrative".Here's another d
head banging on about media honesty/accuracy...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDFdkmW-GCk
AER said:
Everything in the media is st. All this furor about "fake news" is just the mainstream media getting it's knickers in a twist that they've lost control of the news "narrative".
Here's another dhead banging on about media honesty/accuracy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDFdkmW-GCk
There's a whole mix of things count on here. No doubt some of the traditional media is losing out to be media and that narrative, however that's not the same as the fake news issue. That seemed to start with sites like the onion getting reported as serious stories by mistake and developed into sites deliberately trying to get made up stories reported (the mail and some other traditional media puts enough of a spin on things to be on the borders here).t. All this furor about "fake news" is just the mainstream media getting it's knickers in a twist that they've lost control of the news "narrative".Here's another d
head banging on about media honesty/accuracy...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDFdkmW-GCk
Pandering to the manufacturers on reviews like your link is moaning about is another issue though.
As for the presenter who turns up and does a piece, then goes I think by and large they do a very good job. They bounce from one story to another with next to no preparation in between and manage to look like they know vaguely what they're talking about. Having been involved with several live and recorded slots they tend to be willing to listen and work out a way to present the story so that the general public can understand it easily in 2 minutes. Obviously that does mean that on occasion I've been stood thinking, 'You've over simplified that to the point it's almost wrong', but that's pretty much the nature of sound bite 2 minute news.
I've been sat in the canteen an work with a hot cup of coffee watching the tv as a news reporter stood in sight of the building has reported that we were suffering a power outage. In the background you could clearly see the lights were on. We also suffer from the "experts" who worked in the industry in some minor role 20 years ago spouting utter garbage. I've emailed the BBC before pointing out the glaring errors in their articles.
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