I guess JST will be coming back in his next post, stating the accuracy of media reporting is an unassailable fact. Thus we have headlines that cry;
"Passengers screeming in fear as Jet falls"...
"Engine explosion in Qantas jet" (when the true engine-out failure was totally unrelated to an explosion)...
"Hosties were 'shaking' as hydraulic fault causes Qantas plane return to Darwin" (never seen a hostie shake yet, they are pretty much all well-trained, and uber-cool)...
A hydraulic failure was reported as a cargo door that had burst open...
I might add that this only refers to aviation reporting - the incidence of erroneous, just plain misleading, or badly written and misspelt articles is never-ending.
Naturally, I won't even go into the greatest tool in the media's box of tricks... the error of
omission.
If you don't want a newsworthy item that goes against the management guidelines to get any exposure, you just ensure it ends up in the round file (or more correctly, the "delete" button in todays electronic world)...
