Generally speaking, the Media is not interested in the facts, only headlines. Anything that falls out of the sky represents headlines to them and they are not interested in letting any facts get in the way of their story. All segments of aviation, GA, RAAus, GFA etc. get tarnished with the same brush when anything falls out of the sky – after all, we are all crazy to be pursuing such unnatural dangerous activities.
Trying to correct them will only put them off side – I suggest you not bother! Furthermore, be very careful about anything you might say to a journalist if interviewed about an adverse incident and never express an opinion. It will be misconstrued. From: Greg Wilson Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 2:40 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Bad news reporting - correction request The email address for news.com is [email protected] . If enough of us email them pointing out the error, they may correct it promptly. ---- On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 14:03:12 +1000 Anthony Smith <[email protected]> wrote ---- Sorry, my bad. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Gilbert Sent: Thursday, 30 April 2015 1:31 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] More bad news Still bad news, but... Sent from my iPhone On 30 Apr 2015, at 12:57 pm, Anthony Smith <[email protected]> wrote: http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/search-for-crashed-light-plane-in-wa/story-e6frfku9-1227327992249 _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4339/9659 - Release Date: 04/29/15
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