Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
If you have ever been close enough to an incident or accident to know some of the facts and details, then you read media reports of that occurrence, you will be left shaking your head at the media incompetence or maleficence (take your pick).
I have seen this on two occasions and it has left me with a deep distrust of "the media".
He who pays the piper calls the tune.
So arguing over what you think happened or was said between the FAA and Boeing based on trite media reports is foolish in the extreme.
Don't base your media expectations on your experience with Australian newspapers, especially the Courier Mail. The NYT, at least in their background pieces, usually conveys information accurately.