Comments on: Airline lobby to president: “Mission accomplished!”

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:42:56 +0000

Really–is anyone surprised by the “misleadingly- named” ATA? This is the Bush administration’s version of flipping us the bird. They ALWAYS name it what it’s not, and purport to support what they’re systematically destroying.
Here is the rule for anyone who hasn’t gotten it yet: It is ALWAYS the opposite of what the name of the group, organization, agency, or “initiative” is called. See “Clean Air Act.”

By: Joe F.

Joe F. — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:00:11 +0000

I’m flying Thanksgiving holiday weekend – I’m just not taking the airlines. Whew – looks like we dodged that bullet. The fact that certain MOA and restricted areas will be cold on the east coast is meaningless – delays do NOT happen in airspace – they happen at airports where the demand for runway exceeds the space and time available to meet the demand. If you want to fly from NYC to Orlando between 4-6AM you will not have any delays – otoh, if you want to fly from NYC to MCO between 4 and 6 PM Wed 11.21 – well, now THATS a different story kemosabe. . . .

By: Rob Mark

Rob Mark — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:03:40 +0000

The question for me is why they are letting themselves be led around. After 9/11, everyone was in shock and a certain amount fo looking to Washington for guidance probably made sense.

But now, six years later, we watched one silly situation after another appear – the war in Iraq, the TSA, the situation in Iran – and most journalists seldom question the party line.

Maybe that IS the new generation of journalists … people who belive that government SHOULD provide the answers.

By: Jasper

Jasper — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:36:20 +0000

But my point is that if you are right, then MSNBC (and the rest of the press) is wrong. That’s not a matter of opinion, but of fact. The difference between truth and truthiness. If they are (mostly) printing truthiness, they are letting themselves be used.

By: Rob Mark

Rob Mark — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:00:19 +0000

Fooled by the PR folks? I think not. Sheep eat what they’re given and do what they’re told.

Fooled would mean someone actually thought about the press releases that pass their desks each day. As one of those media guys, I think we have failed the American public miserably and continue to do so.

Chris Elliott’s post here is simply another case in point.

By: Christopher Elliott

Christopher Elliott — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:10:39 +0000

Of course I’m right. You have to have diversity of opinion!

By: Jasper

Jasper — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:15:58 +0000

So here’s a question: If you are right (and I assume you are), how come that MSNBC.com is all like ‘Wohoo, Pres fixes airline mess!’ and ‘Airlines doing great, delay minor issue’. Is MSNBC fooled by the happyhappy press releases? Don’t they do their work as journalists and are they just copying whatever they are given? [conspiracy mode on] Are they in bed with the republicans, despite their left slant? [conspiracy mode off]. Are you just one of their multiple points-of-view, and are they letting me decide?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21818657/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21822044/