In reference to the Canadian ballooning accident reported this in this week's AVweb (NewsWire, Aug. 9) ...Being as Canada is just about exactly the same width as the U.S. ("Sea to Shining Sea" about covers it), would American readers accept a news story that said a balloon accident occurred this week at some nebulous and unspecified location somewhere in the "Southern U.S.A."? Betcha not!As a former journalist myself, I have found if short of details, better to hold the story until clear, than proceed in a trivializing or dismissive fashion, as happened here.Thanks for considering my suggestion. I do appreciate what you do and hope only that you receive this constructively.Lorne Moore
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/features/reader-mail/avmail-aug-16-2004