(August 3, 2017 at 10:07 am)vorlon13 Wrote: This incident merited barely a paragraph in AW&ST. I'm kinda scratching my head over the disparity in reactions to this . . . .
The story did make world news, not just in that article. The BBC and PBS as well as CBS overnight news all mentioned this near miss. I watch BBC America and PBS News Hour and CBS overnight and CBSThis Morning and they all mentioned it.
But there still is an old saying in news media, "If it bleeds it leads." It made the news cycle but no, it would not get as much coverage than say if a crash had occurred. Far more time would have been focused on such a story if a crash had happened and people died.
Really no different than when say you have a domestic house hostage situation, or a public shooter when nobody dies and it ends quickly. The news cycle will cover it, but will move on far more quickly if nobody dies.
