(Don't go chasin' waterfalls ...) Damn you, song now stuck in my head.If the speeds recorded on FR24 are anything like correct, I'd think the A/C would have had to have been largely intact. Aluminum waterfalls don't flow that fast.
Yep. They have families and pets and everything.Are there real people still involved in journalism? I thought it was all AI & bots, and the people on TV simply actors.
You might like Newsy - available on cable. Target market is definitely younger, but it's watchable, well-researched, and very even-keeled. Almost boring, but sticks to the facts. I've been suitably impressed with their work.I’d settle for watchable/readable, without frothing hyperbole. Hard to find.
the problem with this of course is that it lends credence to the whole “fake news!” but because if they punt on one subject, who’s to say if they didn’t on another as well?Seriously, though - I asked the wife (journalist who knows a lot about military aviation safety) why the aviation reporting was so bad. She pointed out that most news orgs used to have subject matter experts in various places, but cost cutting has phased them out. In broadcast, (like aviation) speed is life, so sometimes they punt because they literally don't have time to dig up the expertise they often need by the time the story has to air. So the quality suffers there. Print is better about it - especially the long-form stuff, because they can do their homework.
And of course the problem with that is that news is still a bidness. We get what we pay for, and it seems that for the most part, we don't want to pay for serious reportage. And round and round we go.the problem with this of course is that it lends credence to the whole “fake news!” but because if they punt on one subject, who’s to say if they didn’t on another as well?
Same thing you're saying from a different direction, "I want the news fastest and loudest so I can scream it at or link it at someone else!" Then they're pissed later when they were misinformed or whatever nonsense.And of course the problem with that is that news is still a bidness. We get what we pay for, and it seems that for the most part, we don't want to pay for serious reportage. And round and round we go.
Says the man knee deep in cigars, bourbon, and ... (think G rating) friends.FWIW, I don't really give money to political causes anymore. Too easy to wind up feathering AOC's nest (or buying Bannon a yacht...the BS is bispartisan). But I do maintain active, paying subscriptions to the WSJ, Economist, and Atlantic. Best money you can spend on things that aren't bad for you, imho.
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Seriously, though, that's probably the best of the three. Authoritative, highbrow Opinion with just a delicious *hint* of trans-Atlantic toff-ish condescension and snobbery. At its best, it makes me more informed and enlightened. At its worst, it makes me trudge out to the range with the AR or CETME to work out my Libertarian Issues in a safe environment. Recommended.
There are many, many excellent people involved in Journalism. And there are many, more folks who -for various and sundry reasons- quote • either unintentionally, or, more insidiously, intentionally.Are there real people still involved in journalism? I thought it was all AI & bots, and the people on TV simply actors.
That's very, er, "adaptive" of you. But you know better. So shame on you.Login: PottsylvanianSpy
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Seriously, though, that's probably the best of the three. Authoritative, highbrow Opinion with just a delicious *hint* of trans-Atlantic toff-ish condescension and snobbery. At its best, it makes me more informed and enlightened. At its worst, it makes me trudge out to the range with the AR or CETME to work out my Libertarian Issues in a safe environment. Recommended.
Lee Harvey NEVER got a vaccine. Inquiring Minds Ask, Why Not?!?Lee Harvey lived in the Soviet Union, that’s kinda weird
Right? Even microbursts don't flow at 10k-ft/min. Broken airplanes for sure don't. Point down. Add power. ... I guess. ??If the speeds recorded on FR24 are anything like correct, I'd think the A/C would have had to have been largely intact. Aluminum waterfalls don't flow that fast.
Common theme a lot of places lately, including Texas, USA. Nuevo Bizitch pilots apparently don't know how to reduce power when things go sideways... or even to recognize that they might should!!! (@wtfissamattawitdisindustrythesedays ??)Looks like it went into the ground at nearly 400 knots. Seems to be a common theme over there.
Kill the Messenger! is alive and well, and living in the heart of America.A lot of people who are fearful call truthful reporting fearmongering. See it all the time with our local covid update. A cold hard chart of new cases, active, etc. and people lose their minds in the comment section about “FEARMONGERING!!!!”
Do I? There's a balance in, uh, the balance. The fact that the people who are sort of flailingly setting up against the inevitable, rolling tide of consolidation and centralization happen in this case to be extremely ill-informed and somewhat toothless, in the aggregate, does not mean that there's no virtue in doing so. Centralization and all of the rest are inevitable at this point in human history, no doubt. But while I hate the sinner, in this case, for being, you know, just basically uneducated and wrong, I find it difficult to hate the supposed sin. With consolidation and centralization come myriad sins, unbidden. That some little poophead pulls the fire-alarm because they were smoking in the boy's room isn't a reason to turn the whole thing off. Fire is definitely still a thing.That's very, er, "adaptive" of you. But you know better. So shame on you.
It that centralization, so feared by so many, that may never happen. Like horse poop filling streets. A hyper connected world may make centralization happen in some cases and a widening of new markets or things that participate as well. The ever expanding pie we can't forsee, but our mammal brains assure us a slice won't be there for us.Do I? There's a balance in, uh, the balance. The fact that the people who are sort of flailingly setting up against the inevitable, rolling tide of consolidation and centralization happen in this case to be extremely ill-informed and somewhat toothless, in the aggregate, does not mean that there's no virtue in doing so. Centralization and all of the rest are inevitable at this point in human history, no doubt. But while I hate the sinner, in this case, for being, you know, just basically uneducated and wrong, I find it difficult to hate the supposed sin. With consolidation and centralization come myriad sins, unbidden. That some little poophead pulls the fire-alarm because they were smoking in the boy's room isn't a reason to turn the whole thing off. Fire is definitely still a thing.
It may be because I did not fully read the thread leading to your post, but huh?Do I? There's a balance in, uh, the balance. The fact that the people who are sort of flailingly setting up against the inevitable, rolling tide of consolidation and centralization happen in this case to be extremely ill-informed and somewhat toothless, in the aggregate, does not mean that there's no virtue in doing so. Centralization and all of the rest are inevitable at this point in human history, no doubt. But while I hate the sinner, in this case, for being, you know, just basically uneducated and wrong, I find it difficult to hate the supposed sin. With consolidation and centralization come myriad sins, unbidden. That some little poophead pulls the fire-alarm because they were smoking in the boy's room isn't a reason to turn the whole thing off. Fire is definitely still a thing.