Hey AvWeb, the screaming headline (9 killed), the first sentence of the first paragraph, the second sentence of the second paragraph (a ‘significant’ post-crash fire occurred) and that’s about it. The only insightful information in 100 words or less is “It is not yet known what might have caused the accident…” Maybe a little patience would yield a more valuable paragraph… more data, more insight, fewer breathless but meaningless words.
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Good early initial factual coverage Kate. Thank you for your journalism.
It’s so easy to be a critic – thanks for the coverage Kate and my condolences to the families of those who perished.
Better to report the KNOWN FACTS (“9 killed, post crash fire”) than breathless conjecture. What other VERIFIED information is available and ought to be reported— and what would a reader DO with unverified additional information?
As Jack Webb (as Sgt. Friday) used to say—“Just the facts, Ma’mm!
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You would be amazed how head-spinningly short a person’s career in the news-reporting industry would be if they held off on reporting events until they had enough info to produce a documentary or write a book.
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This reports exactly what happened and what is known now. Should there be no news until the NTSB is done 2 years later?
Another pandering politician.
Does s/he have day of mourning when a bad road pileup results in several deaths?
Would be many days in a year.
I don’t disagree one bit. Factual information is key. And so are false impressions created by hyper drive titles. Basically, there were no relevant facts in the article beyond the screaming headline and mention in the article that the accident aircraft was a Turbo Beaver. Then the author of the hints darkly that “there may have experienced a problem with the takeoff”. Now THAT’s useful speculation considering that the aircraft crashed on takeoff. I wish the Sweden accident was THE only accident in the world. Slow news days, I guess. A brief look at the ASIAS (FAA Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing) system for the two week period from 28 Jun through 12 Jul shows that US pilots experienced 15 fatal accidents and over 150 non-fatal accidents. Even a little bit of mining would uncover many with preliminary information of value. A few more minutes of googling the fatal accidents would likely turn up multiple news reports with some factual information easily verified. Just shouting out a sky diving accident occurred without offering the key information that it was in Sweden, there likely won’t be any information published by the NTSB because the aircraft was foreign is sort of like shouting “fire” in a theatre in Los Angeles, when the ‘fire’ is actually in a theatre in San Paulo, Brazil. Hate to disappoint you, no mia culpa here. I stand by the original comment.
I will, however, accept criticism for the typos in my reply to Jim Hanson. Those were clearly mine, and unforgivable.