Flight 447

I haven't said a word on the horrific details of Flight 447. Mostly because I wanted to wait out the salivating journalist's rhetoric. I never look for gore or blame in tragic stories. The human tragedy is more than enough for me. I can appreciate the need to place blame. No one in our culture wants to be held responsible for anything especially the accidental death of 228 souls.

But cars wreck, planes crash, ships sink and trains derail. By no stretch am I belittling this accident or any other. They are all terrible. Many families will be forever devastated by this event and my heart and prayers go out to them.

My argument is in the media coverage. Reporting facts are good and can help keep big business transparent and accountable. This is good. What sucks is the media becoming the de facto judge and jury. When did this stop being journalism and start becoming gossip columns, layman "expert" op/ed pieces disguised as factual reporting? Who really thinks Nancy Grace television is quality news? Seriously. I'm over it. Hell, the HMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic in 1912 and we are still trying to place blame some 95 years later.

What I didn't read about, but found terribly disturbing was this...How in the world did Air France Flight 447 disappear? How? I can count the Terra cotta tiles of my roof from outer space with my cellphone! And I down loaded the application for free! Practically every cellphone made has built-in GPS capabilities. Are you telling me that no one on that plane had a cell phone turned on? Or some satellite somewhere wasn't tracking that plane or that Atlantic storm? Please!!! I'm only a little bit stupid.


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