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Old 13th Jan 2008, 06:45
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Icarus53
 
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Just for the record I get it!

Being a person with the intelligence to recognise what a reporter is doing and simply picking the facts out of the articles rather than taking it all at face value, I simply don't see the need to get worked up about it.

Anyone here who thinks that journalists are employed to provide an accurate news reporting service is naive in the extreme - it's an entertainment service. That is the way media networks are run simply because that vast majority of their customers demand it.

The particular article referenced here was at most a minor transgression. A simple blending of multiple stories to give it more bang for the buck. I grant that certain parties may be led to believe that one is informing the other. Again, I see no need to get worked up about it all.

Icarus

PS - Question for the Mods: Why is this still in "Reporting Points"? I have noticed several threads directly relating to airline/RPT moved to the GA section, but this remains???
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