...but this helicopter crash out in Arizona yesterday seems to be going in a direction I feared when I first heard the story.
Basically, another yahoo jackass took police on a high speed chase through a populated area.
Okay, it's stupid and he'll get in trouble.
But, predictably, two yahoo jackass local "news" stations decided that this was important news for the community and were following him around in helicopters from the sky.
One or both of the helicopter operators acted irresponsibly, they crashed into each other and all four individuals in the 'copters is now dead.
Well, officials are openly speculating about charging the car chase guy with these four deaths.
While it seems likely that this will happen, and I can understand how and why, I don't think that's right. This was not exactly an event that the networks had to be covering for the public good. It was sensational and attention-grabbing, but at the end of the day, it's not like these were couple of Ernie Pyles out there risking it all to set the truth free.
My heart goes out to the families, but let's give it a rest with making members of the media into martyrs...particularly when there was nothing more noble about their last assignment than if it were to cover Ms. Richie's pregnancy.
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