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Operations => Aerospace Education => Topic started by: Eclipse on June 18, 2014, 06:09:53 PM

Title: USA Today Article on Aircraft Crashes
Post by: Eclipse on June 18, 2014, 06:09:53 PM
(http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/idrutu/idrutu0801/idrutu080100076/2356173-slanted-view-of-long-blue-corridor.jpg)

The text in this post is in italics to commemorate how slanted the article is.

They raise points, then in some cases contradict the point with facts presented later.

I can see the angle, but don't see the point of this, since anyone researching the topic in more detail
would not come to the same conclusions.

http://www.usatoday.com/longform/news/nation/2014/06/12/lies-coverups-mask-roots-small-aircraft-carnage-unfit-for-flight-part-1/10405323/ (http://www.usatoday.com/longform/news/nation/2014/06/12/lies-coverups-mask-roots-small-aircraft-carnage-unfit-for-flight-part-1/10405323/)
Title: Re: USA Today Article on Aircraft Crashes
Post by: JeffDG on June 18, 2014, 06:26:10 PM
Whatcha expect from USA Today?
Title: Re: USA Today Article on Aircraft Crashes
Post by: Eclipse on June 18, 2014, 06:39:39 PM
Well, there were some graphs...
Title: Re: USA Today Article on Aircraft Crashes
Post by: SarDragon on June 18, 2014, 07:01:11 PM
IMHO, just another example of Chicken Little journalism reporting.
Title: Re: USA Today Article on Aircraft Crashes
Post by: JeffDG on June 18, 2014, 07:16:20 PM
Quote from: SarDragon on June 18, 2014, 07:01:11 PM
IMHO, just another example of Chicken Little journalism reporting.
I would substitute a less polite word (beginning with an "S") for "Little"
Title: Re: USA Today Article on Aircraft Crashes
Post by: Garibaldi on June 18, 2014, 07:51:34 PM
Quote from: JeffDG on June 18, 2014, 07:16:20 PM
Quote from: SarDragon on June 18, 2014, 07:01:11 PM
IMHO, just another example of Chicken Little journalism reporting.
I would substitute a less polite word (beginning with an "S") for "Little"

anagram of THIS? HITS?
Title: Re: USA Today Article on Aircraft Crashes
Post by: a2capt on June 18, 2014, 11:57:37 PM
Useless Today is written to target 4th grade comprehension, much like Popular Science. If an article goes over a few paragraphs, it's a stretch because the reader might get bored. So it better be "good". ;)