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Would CNN tell rational people exactly what is breaking re the missing Malaysian aircraft
This is sick.
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http://www.askthepilot.com/malaysia-airlines-flight-370/
From Patrick Smith's "Ask The Pilot" blog:
(the boldface text is from Patrick Smith himself)
(snip - comment #279)
Patrick… saw you on CNN with professional troll Piers Morgan. I was hoping for a sober discussion but it was evident that Piers wanted to troll right from the beginning. I solute you for trying your best to resist his trolling attempts. The other two panel guests were foolish to engage Piers Morgan by answering his trollish leading questions.
But I guess this means you won’t be back on CNN for a while…
For benefit of other people reading – Patrick was on Piers Morgan Live on March 13 as an “aviation expert and airline pilot”, and did his best to try to stick to the facts.
(snip)
(snip - comment #280)
The Piers Morgan thing didn’t go very well. He totally blocked me from the first segment (not a word), and hardly let me talk during the second one, then started spouting on about crying Chinese grandmothers and “WHEN WILL GET AN ANSWER!” Then it was over.
I actually wore a tie for that abuse.
I was on with Wolf Blitzer, and Richard Quest’s CNN-I show earlier in the week, plus CNN-I again on Friday. They went more smoothly. I also did two NPR spots, “Inside Edition,” CBC-TV, Bloomberg TV, Al Jazeera, and a bunch of other stuff.
(snip)
(snip - comment #284)
Er, scratch that earlier message of mine, about appearing on the show “Inside Edition.”
For the second time I wasted a chunk of my day sitting down for a taping by that show, only for them to NOT use the segment.
Back in October I spent half a day at Kennedy Airport doing a taping about my book with them. It was supposed to air that day, and they DIDN’T USE IT.
Now it happened again. This morning I got up early after an extremely hectic day yesterday, with another extremely hectic day on tap for today, because they promised, this time, to run the segment and to mention the book.
Well, once again they DIDN’T.
You have no idea how angry this makes me. I was exhausted this morning but I went and did it. And it was a very good interview — probably the best I’d done all week.
CNN’s Erin Burnett show also canceled on me, last minute, after I was already in the studio, on Wednesday afternoon, saying they were “going in a different direction”
(snip)
Just another reason for me to NOT watch that crap from CNN.
From Patrick Smith's "Ask The Pilot" blog:
(the boldface text is from Patrick Smith himself)
(snip - comment #279)
Patrick… saw you on CNN with professional troll Piers Morgan. I was hoping for a sober discussion but it was evident that Piers wanted to troll right from the beginning. I solute you for trying your best to resist his trolling attempts. The other two panel guests were foolish to engage Piers Morgan by answering his trollish leading questions.
But I guess this means you won’t be back on CNN for a while…
For benefit of other people reading – Patrick was on Piers Morgan Live on March 13 as an “aviation expert and airline pilot”, and did his best to try to stick to the facts.
(snip)
(snip - comment #280)
The Piers Morgan thing didn’t go very well. He totally blocked me from the first segment (not a word), and hardly let me talk during the second one, then started spouting on about crying Chinese grandmothers and “WHEN WILL GET AN ANSWER!” Then it was over.
I actually wore a tie for that abuse.
I was on with Wolf Blitzer, and Richard Quest’s CNN-I show earlier in the week, plus CNN-I again on Friday. They went more smoothly. I also did two NPR spots, “Inside Edition,” CBC-TV, Bloomberg TV, Al Jazeera, and a bunch of other stuff.
(snip)
(snip - comment #284)
Er, scratch that earlier message of mine, about appearing on the show “Inside Edition.”
For the second time I wasted a chunk of my day sitting down for a taping by that show, only for them to NOT use the segment.
Back in October I spent half a day at Kennedy Airport doing a taping about my book with them. It was supposed to air that day, and they DIDN’T USE IT.
Now it happened again. This morning I got up early after an extremely hectic day yesterday, with another extremely hectic day on tap for today, because they promised, this time, to run the segment and to mention the book.
Well, once again they DIDN’T.
You have no idea how angry this makes me. I was exhausted this morning but I went and did it. And it was a very good interview — probably the best I’d done all week.
CNN’s Erin Burnett show also canceled on me, last minute, after I was already in the studio, on Wednesday afternoon, saying they were “going in a different direction”
(snip)
Just another reason for me to NOT watch that crap from CNN.
My Twitter feed already had it 3hrs ago...
