Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Wow. And people tell me I'm obsessed? I didn't know Obama had re-appointed her for another 3 years. Shows how much I follow anything related to her or to Obama, he's too much of a train wreck to follow.
Social media is overrated. Why do we live in a society that is so "look at ME" oriented. Just glance through the average person's facebook or twitter and it's filled with dozens of pictures of themselves. Ugh. I don't have a twitter account and hardly ever use facebook. If the NTSB wants to release information, put it on their website for links we can click on. Stop "tweeting" information. My primary issue with the direction the leader of the NTSB has chosen is to release tidbits of information out of context just a day or two after the crash. That's another part of society, people want answers and they want them today. People used to be patient. But not anymore. If I was leading an investigation, my media statement would be simply that we are aware of the accident, are investigating it, and will put out a preliminary report soon. (Btw, have you even seen preliminary reports for the Asiana or Southwest or UPS crash? ---- whole lotta press statements without issuing a single report - and that should say something).
My hatred of social media probably exceeds yours - so I can understand that. This site is the ONLY avenue of social media in which I partake. No Twitter, no FaceBook, no MySpace, not even LinkedIn. Heck - I even have a minimial number of Apps on my phone (I am a fan of ForeFlight
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I think people put way too much out there in cyberspace and people talk about things on their blogs and such that ought not be shared with the world.
All that said - it has been proven that the Asiana mishap wasn't the first time they put out information quickly ShyGuy - you know that now - and it wasn't the last - see UPS crash. It is the way that information is disseminated in today's instant age. That has nothing to do with the person releasing the information. You initial attacks on the Chairwoman has a personal tag to them. That is another reason why people started pinging you on the obession track. It is a little humor at your expense - and the more you fight it the more some are going to ping you on it.
If I was leading an investigation, my media statement would be simply that we are aware of the accident, are investigating it, and will put out a preliminary report soon.
If that was your approach to accident information in today's environment - to not release any information - your tenure would indeed be short. I suppose in a different context (the Navy Yard shootings), you would get up there in front of the media and report hat there had in fact been a mass murder and there might even be an unaccounted for shooter, but there is an invesitgation on-going and you'll find out when I'm done.
