Media and General Aviation

[Brandt]

Fairly typical. Sensationalism without facts. 
 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13001031/homebuilt-plane-aircraft-FAA-crash-california.html

[dkkim73]

Fear of other people's planes seems kind of like earthquake phobia to me, not really to be rationally addressed. 

Though public sentiment is probably increasingly on the side of banning disfavored minority activities. 

Meanwhile, anyone can drive, including recently-arrived randos, and there's a general aversion to actually enforcing laws against violent crime among the bien pensant. 

Next you'll read I've been crushed by a falling EZ... 

 

[dkkim73]

Probably this is increasingly relevant, however, due to the supply issues of certificated planes that have been discussed elsewhere. 

[toto]

1 hour ago, Brandt said:

Fairly typical. Sensationalism without facts. 
 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13001031/homebuilt-plane-aircraft-FAA-crash-california.htm

 

Sensationalism Without Facts is more or less the tagline for the Daily Mail

[IvanP]

It seems that most mainstream media writers and producers consider general aviation to be the evil activity of "rich people" destroying the environment and the future of our children that should be taxed and regulated out of existence while, of course, exempting themselves from any such taxes and mandates. Meanwhile, the same media blissfully ignores the many deaths and other harm caused by drunk drivers, fentanyl overdoses, gangs, etc. 

It is nothing but cheap sensationalism, but it does get attention of the folks reading this garbage on various social media sites.