Speaking at the launch of a book ‘Handbook on Public Relation Practice and Aviation Reporting’, written by former public relations manager of NCAA, Sam
is that just part of what a aviation reporting is, speculation some in the absence of information you have two things working. investigators are trained to leave open every single possibility and only rule out one thing at a time to try to narrow in on the cause. reporters meanwhile, reflecting the appetite of viewers and readers and so forth, are anxious to try to give the public some information to work off or even some theories or speg speculation that i think in this case speculation is okay, it s natural, as long as it s labeled that way. because none of us really knows i mean we re operating without any strong facts. and by the way, forensic investigation is the very best in these kinds of things. i mean you need black boxes or you need some pieces of wreckage. that s what you really need to get at what must have gone on here. what kind of sources would you be calling on a story like this? are the united states investigators that are assisting the malaysian officials, really,
i don t blame news organizations for doing all they can even although the facts are not very liberally available at the moment. bob hager, a dean of aviation reporting, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us today. surely, brian. thank you very much for having me. let s take a quick break here but stick around because when we come back i want to talk about that dirty word in journalism, speculation. journalists are trained to stick to the facts. but the story of flight 370 is full of speculation as we just discussed. it s been informed speculation given by experts, maybe just maybe, speculating is the only way to finally get at the answers to this mystery. we ll be back in two minutes. hey kevin.still eating chalk for hearburn? yea. try alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heart burn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i m feeling better already. alka-seltzer fruit chews. enjoy the relief!