The Dan Rather Angle

I learned to fly and first soloed in 1966 at Eagle's Nest (then just Waynesboro
Airport), the location for the CBS report the other night.

I don't need to know whether Dan Rather has an agenda. It's apparent to me that
his editorial style is to transform anything remotely scary into a dire
emergency, just for the sake of jazzing his ratings a little. Pretty
unattractive.

Let's face it, what could be SAFER than a small airport where retired airline
pilots and their families live a few feet away 24/7? Not a likely launch pad
for someone with bad intentions.

David Sproul, Bethesda, MD

"DaveSproul" wrote:
> I don't need to know whether Dan Rather has an agenda.
> It's apparent to me that his editorial style is to transform
> anything remotely scary into a dire emergency, just for the
> sake of jazzing his ratings a little.

Exactly. It's what all TV news organizations do. I once saw a funny bit
on Mad TV wherein a TV station desperate for ratings tried to portray
the sun going down as a frightening emergency. On-scene reporters got
street interviews with people saying things like "Yeah, it's sure
getting dark. Kinda makes you nervous."

> Pretty unattractive.

Positively disgusting, I'd say.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
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