Shortly after Sept 11th, a plane crashed into an NYC suburb, and Fox news resident elephant seal faced Brit Hume said gravely “Sometimes the engines just fall off of planes.”
Thanks a bunch shithead. Makes it sound like they are held on with crazy glue and rubber bands. Reminds me of that scene in Donnie Darko, only far more commonplace. Why the HELL do they let idiots like that broadcast live?
Sorry about the time lapse in the post, but that has been simmering for a while. Wanted to avoid a Lewis Black style aneurism
It was phrased stupidly, but what I got out of it was that they wanted to avoid lumping it in with terrorist activities. It’s been so long ago, though…
I know. I’m way past the relevance point on this one. This being the BBQ pit, i didn’t think I was past the expiration date. 'Sides, I was thinking '06
I think it’s because a reporter is supposed to report about stuff, whatever it may be. This leads to reporters being good at talking, but not so good at anything else. I know quite a bit about airplanes, physics and computers, so when a reporter says something stupid in those areas, I notice.
I betcha they’re majorly wrong about alot of stuff, but you don’t know any better, so you don’t notice.
OK, let me clarify. I know Brit was trying to draw a separation between an accident and Sept. 11, and I know that the engines don’t just drop off of planes (Woops, there goes another one. Y’know Chuck, this just ain’t my day for jet engines). I just thought that it was phrased very poorly and that people who can’t realise what something like this is going to sound like shouldn’t be on live television.
You know, I’ve been meaning to start a thread dealing with the invention of the wheel and the discovery of fire for quite some time now, but I was just letting it simmer as well.
Sorry Harborwolf, I couldn’t resist. You should take comfort in knowing that by me posting in this thread, it is sure to get no more replies.
That was no suburb, that was Belle Harbor. It’s like, completely desolate and remote farm country. Why, I hear they even have grass out there. And there’s only one subway line.