Ok.... this article was on CNN.com Today .... read it.... then think about it.
headline: Bumper sticker delays flight four hours
Monday, December 1, 2003 Posted: 6:50 PM EST (2350 GMT)
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- A man who slapped a bumper sticker referring to terrorism and war on the side of a plane caused a four-hour delay for a flight filled with holiday travelers.
The man pasted the sticker on the door as a practical joke while boarding an Atlanta-to-San Francisco flight Sunday, AirTran Airways spokesman Tad Hutcheson said.
A ground crew worker noticed the sticker after all passengers were on board. The captain was notified by radio and decided not to take off. All 162 people on the plane had to get off and go through a second security screening.
Authorities would not describe the sticker other than to say that it was about terrorism and war.
Hutcheson said the prankster was discovered by security screeners. He was not charged with a crime -- nor was he identified by the airline -- and was allowed to continue on to San Francisco.
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Can you believe this was a major headline on the CNN.com website? I mean, yeah everyone loves to read about terrorism (ok not really... but it seems like thats all that is EVER on the news anymore) This article is just plain pathetic... i mean...
What the hell kind of reporting is this? We don't know what the sticker said??? we dont know who the prankster was? he wasn't even punished? this is the crappiest news story ever written..... I think i remember in the 4th grade when we learned about newspaper articles my teacher told me "be sure to include who what when were and why?" well whoever wrote this sorry excuse for an article sure didnt learn the 5 W's of news reporting.... f*%$ loser...
ok sorry, had to get that off my chest....
happy december everyone.
