Dear Danny,
Now you might suggest that the replies are being rude to miss journalist and that we are wrong. But I have seen my collegue pilot smashed rudely in the press once to often to remain quiet about it. Sure I won't start a new post attacking the press, but if this woman invites me, I will tell here how I feel about it, which is not good.
If you take ten aviation reports in the papers, how many of those are good journalism and how many are absolute crap? I think at the moment all ten. Now maybe this good woman is of a different kind, but I just don't think that the aviation community is served well by reporters and it is my good right as a pilot to be suspicisious to the lot of them.
Just a small note. I am a member of a pilot's union. They give you this card to keep in your wallet, just in case something bad happens. For you need reference at such a time. It is quite a long list but the first three points are:
1) Safe-guard the well being of your passengers
2) DO NOT talk to members of the press
3) call your union representative
Are these guys paranoid then as well? I think they learned from experience!