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Re: Problems facing warbirds movement

Posted by Rhonda on Wed Oct 22, 2003 01:35:19 PM

In reply top Re: Problems facing warbirds movement posted by Scott WRG Editor on Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:49:09 AM

: I would like to see a more balanced view in the media.
: I'm tired of the lead story being a Cessna ditching in a
: pond with no injuries and the drunk driver in the
: firebird killing a family relegated to later in the news.
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: Scott

The problem is that this is the NEWS. Drunk drivers in firebirds kill families all the time, so it isn't news. A cessna ditching in the pond, on the other hand, doesn't happen very often - so it is news. Hard to make the non-aviators catch on to that, tho.

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