Originally Posted by
bliddel
This doesn't fit perfectly into the safety forum, but I also didn't see a better place. Moderators: feel free to move it as you see fit.
We've all suffered through totally ignorant aviation news reports before. There is a lady in Wichita that has done something positive about it.
Here's a short excerpt from the blogger's example of typical pathetic reporting:
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(ANYWHERE, USA, Friday, July 5, 2013) A fixed-wing rotorcraft made an emergency takeoff upon landing two miles short of the departure end of the arrival runway at Poedunk Municipal Airport today. We've learned the crash involved a Skyokee-22, a six-passenger biplane with retractable wings. "
Airplanista Aviation Blog: No Room for Error: Why The Wichita Eagle's Molly McMillin Gets it Right
We spot these kinds of errors immediately, and so do others in many areas of expertise, the plain fact is that media is often negligent, often wrong and often has no interest in the truth or the story.
Their job is to create filler, content and sell ads. Their last concern is the quality of that content, if the truth conflicts with their opinion you will be rapidly steered away from the story.