Quote Originally Posted by lnuss View Post
Almost true, Bill. But I don't perceive the anger to be because they CAUSED the crash, only because of irresponsible, inaccurate, or sensationalist reporting. As you well know, that's been a problem with (most) media reporting on anything aviation for a long, long time -- they don't understand and/or they don't care.
Actually, it's a problem with media reporting on most subjects. The typical reporter doesn't understand aircraft, trains, spacecraft, the law, teaching, medicine, etc. so a lot of garbage gets published.

A modern problem is the 24-hour news cycle. There's an insane push to get information out the fastest, and accuracy falls by the wayside. This most recent Icon accident is a classic example, with one new source reporting multiple Mayday calls from the aircraft.....

Ron Wanttaja