(In the original thread) Jerricho wrote:
I think you'll find that my aviation brothers and sisters take exception to jouranlism like this because it simply is not newsworthy. Time and time again I read stories in the media that range from somewhat sensationalist to total bull!!!!!.
Jerricho, please be careful here. It is the brother- and sisterhood of aviation that decides what is and what is not safe. Collectively, you know your business.
Equally, it is the fraternity / sorority of the press that gets to decide what is 'newsworthy'. They know what makes a good story. If you tell a journalist that something 'is not newsworthy', he/she will feel professionally insulted and will write the story anyway - and not from your viewpoint.
You understand the technical reality. They understand the perceptions of the technically uninformed. What goes between the two worldviews is called 'politics'.