"Jcarr" (jcarr)
03/26/2015 at 14:58 • Filed to: Planelopnik, Germanwings 9525
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"Jcarr" (jcarr)
03/26/2015 at 14:58 • Filed to: Planelopnik, Germanwings 9525 | 7
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on Airways News today by Eric Auxier, a 20-year veteran of the A320.
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Here is an excerpt of one of the better points:
Ironically, during an exhaustive CNN panel discussion by aviation experts, Cockpit Confidential author Patrick Smith offered that news channels should avoid obsessive over-speculation about plane crashes. In doing so, Smith says, it exacerbates the misperception of an increasing danger in the skies. Retired American Airlines pilot Jim Tilmon agreed, going further to voice his concerns about discussing—at length and on worldwide feed—security measures in place aboard the world's airlines.
Captain Tilmon was promptly shouted down by CNN's "resident aviation expert" Richard Quest. While Quest won AIB's 2014 "personality of the year," I fail to see how this qualifies him as an aviation expert. Best I can tell, his expertise in aviation stems from his possession of a very loud and obnoxious English accent, possession of a passenger seat on the last Concorde's flight and, in a 2008 Central Park arrest, possession of methamphetamine.
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> Jcarr
03/26/2015 at 15:06 |
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I was watching NBC this morning, and they kept mentioning "terrorists" as if willing the co-pilot to have been from the middle east. You could almost see the disappointment when they found out he was just a white guy.
ttyymmnn
> Jcarr
03/26/2015 at 15:17 |
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Unfortunately, there is no responsibility in journalism any more. They have to feed the beast that is the 24-hour news cycle. BBC does it better than most, and I find myself gravitating towards their coverage of world events. I shun most other U.S. news sites.
A few years ago, I was sitting in the airport at Tampa Bay, when I saw a news crew looking for people to interview. They approached me, and asked if I wanted to be on the news. They set up the interview by saying that Tampa is one of the highest areas for lightning in the country, and did I know that the lightning detection system had been broken for sometime. They asked me, do you feel safe flying? I said yes, all of these pilots are professionals as are the traffic controllers, and I don't think that they would put me in any danger. Do you think I made the evening news? Of course not. They were only looking for people they could scare so they could push the theme of their news story. It's crass, irresponsible and cynical the way they report on these events.
Svend
> Jcarr
03/26/2015 at 15:21 |
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Is this like when, not sure if it was CNN, Fox News or MSNBC (though they've all said something stupid at some point), said terrorists only attack in good weather about the AirAsia plane that crashed?
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Jcarr
> Svend
03/26/2015 at 15:24 |
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Yep. CNN seems to get the most heat, but they're all guilty of being idiots.
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ttyymmnn
> Jcarr
03/26/2015 at 15:26 |
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EXCELLENT piece. Thank you for sharing. It seems like shouting down experts has become the theme of the season, be it vaccinations, climate change, aviation or any other area where the general public has very little expertise. If we can't trust the experts, who can we trust? The demagogues? Unfortunately, the loudest voice will prevail in the echo chamber of modern journalism.
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Svend
> Jcarr
03/26/2015 at 15:33 |
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Personally I think Fox News has to win gold, silver and bronze though. It's like the (w)anchors have had a full brain removal and know only how to speak utter rubbish and have no understanding about, well, anything.
13:04 is the moment that screams Fox News (w)anchors.
Flat Six
> Jcarr
03/26/2015 at 17:23 |
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Great article, and I think it applies to most topics in the news.
A lot of people (including journalists) simple don't know what they don't know. Watching Interstellar makes them a physics expert. Growing a bean plant makes them an agriculture expert. So they talk anyway. Furthermore, it is hard to find real experts who are also good communicators. I'm an expert in my field but I can't even begin to answer the question "how was your day today" to my wife! It's complicated!
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Jcarr
> Flat Six
03/26/2015 at 17:34 |
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Exactly. Knowing what you don't know is vastly underrated.