A Triumph Of Emotion Over Evidence
The aviation world was dealt several tough blows last week as a CBS
News report relied on hysteria and half-truths to publicize a
non-existent danger, while a St. Louis jury clobbered an airframe
supplier (Parker-Hannifin) for having it's equipment on board an
aircraft that crashed in a tragic spatial disorientation
accident.
We've said as much as we need to, for the moment, on CBS'
lackluster journalistic standards, but the Parker-Hannifin case
really needs to ne examined, carefully and objectively. The fact of
the matter is that this case should never have been allowed to go
to trial. The evidence simply did not support the case.
Period.
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