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Post by rone on Feb 26, 2020 16:06:39 GMT 12
I have just now read an article on MSN news, written by an ignorant idiot journalist.
The story is headed as WW2 US Bombers found. They are then described as WW2 fighter jets, found in the water at Truk in the Pacific Ocean. Reading on I find two aircraft are Dauntless divebombers, the third is an Avenger, all from the US Carrier Enterprise. Does History not get taught anywhere these days, or are all airplanes Jet Powered.
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Post by komata on Mar 5, 2020 5:26:51 GMT 12
Rone
It could have been worse; they could have all been 'Cessnas'. (The New Zealand 'journalist's'seemingly-standard go-to).
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Post by ZacYates on Mar 5, 2020 11:19:16 GMT 12
As a reformed journalist I feel the need to ask: if that writer is a "media reporter", what are the other kinds of reporter?
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Post by Mustang51 on Mar 5, 2020 12:45:52 GMT 12
Mostly idiots................
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Post by tbf25o4 on Mar 5, 2020 15:44:44 GMT 12
It amuses me when observing overseas TV reporting on warlike situations that the "reporter" cunningly wearing a blue helmet and flak jacket has in large letters the word PRESS on the front.
As a PR specialist my understanding is that "PRESS" refers to the printed media, not radio or TV.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 5, 2020 15:59:29 GMT 12
TVNZ's One News report on Warbirds Over Wanaka this week was fine but on their webpage hosting the news clip refers to the I-16 Rata as a "fighter jet" and the B-52 as a "World War Two bomber."
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Post by pjw4118 on Mar 8, 2020 13:27:41 GMT 12
And did you notice in one of the NZDF magazines the repeated use of " aircrafts " ,, spare me !
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Mar 8, 2020 15:06:22 GMT 12
And did you notice in one of the NZDF magazines the repeated use of " aircrafts " ,, spare me ! Yes, both written and spoken erroneous use of that 'plural' has become quite common among those who should know better. I'm astounded at the 'plummeting' standards of grammar... |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 8, 2020 16:34:03 GMT 12
Aircraft for one, aircrafts for two, aircrafts's for more than two.
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Post by baz62 on Mar 8, 2020 16:58:25 GMT 12
Ha ha ha good one Dave :-)
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Post by ZacYates on Mar 9, 2020 8:42:09 GMT 12
I've been listening to the US-based Fighter Pilot Podcast and a few times I've heard serving and retired USN personnel refer to helicopters as jets.
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Post by davidd on Mar 9, 2020 11:48:36 GMT 12
Hopefully they were referring to turbine-powered jobs, which I can understand to an extent. After all, practically all military helicopters these days are powered that way.
David D
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Post by ErrolC on Mar 9, 2020 18:02:21 GMT 12
How about the latest Qantas historical safety video referring to the 'canvas and wire' Avro 504?
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Post by errolmartyn on Mar 9, 2020 20:45:50 GMT 12
How about the latest Qantas historical safety video referring to the 'canvas and wire' Avro 504? Well at least it's an improvement on the 'stick and string' descriptions that have sometimes appeared in print or on the telly! Errol (M version) |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 11, 2020 16:27:46 GMT 12
Why do we now have 'transportation' rather than 'transport'?
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