E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets

Re:E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets by ratsmack on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @01:51PM (#19370981)

"News" today is a "for profit" enterprise and they will take advantage crises and public outrage to bolster their bottom lines when the opportunity arises... it's nothing personal, it's just the nature of the beast.

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Re:E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets by throw0101a on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @02:58PM (#19371728)

> "News" today is a "for profit" enterprise [...]

Hasn't news always been for-profit? If not: which news organizations (newspapers, magazines, wire services) have been run on a non-profit basis?

The only recent change (IMHO) has been higher time-to-market pressures (minutes versus hours/days).

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Re:E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets by mosburger on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:33PM (#19372051)

BBC News, France 24, Al Jazeera, NPR..?

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Re:E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets by Tsubasachan on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @02:25PM (#19371353)

Its easier for everyone to just cover their ass and err on the side of caution. If another accident happens politicians would be held accountable. For the US its harder because they have a stake in Boeing and they don't want to damage them.

Honestly why not ground a few hundred planes just to be safe? It doesn't bother the Netherlands or Singapore. There are other aircraft, nobody is running out.

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Re:E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @02:43PM (#19371570)

> For the US its harder because they have a stake in Boeing and they don't want to damage them.

Those dastardly politicians and bureaucrats, how dare they consider the broader consequences of their actions. /s

Alternatively:

Those poor politicians and bureaucrats, how terrible that they be forced to consider the broader consequences of their actions for once. /s

I'm not going to lose any sleep over politicians having to deal with a complex trade-off for once.

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