unfortunately journos set the tone for much of the debate
Very true. I don't expect bill sweetman to admit he was wrong on the super hornet or anything really, (perish the thought!) but it sure hasn't turned out to be the stubborn navy's disaster he was trying to paint, and that he now advocates. at the very least he might concede that the navy changed the rules and downgraded the requirements, in development and got a good aircraft despite it.
sweetman can be just as doggedly determined and stubborn as the mouth breathing JSF fanboys, which i think was F/A-18s point. both sides seem to have a "so what!? hey look at this dubious 'fact' i found, and see how silly you are!!" attitude. to me sweetman jumped the shark when he pimped APA in one of his articles.
