tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post6935761727074860332..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Bound to HappenGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-33188149530249901812007-08-03T09:32:00.000-04:002007-08-03T09:32:00.000-04:00What I also find disturbing is the proliferation o...What I also find disturbing is the proliferation of "iReports" - video taken by civilians who just happened to be there. It's only a matter of time before people die trying to get their 15 minutes. I mean, <I>more</I> people.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732025343328941775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-45787351910836235382007-07-30T01:38:00.000-04:002007-07-30T01:38:00.000-04:00"And everyone will know where something is happeni..."And everyone will know where something is happening because the skies will turn black over that part of the city."<BR/><BR/>I don't believe so. First of all UAVs are smaller so is is less physically likely that they will collide and they won't need more of them. Each media outlet would probably have one and the major networks are generally affiliated with a local station so the networks woudl get their feeds.<BR/><BR/>Some stations might have more than one for traffic reporting and such in large metros but it is going to save an enormous amount of money in fuel, insurance costs, and upkeep once the UAVs make their way into the civilian market. And there is a group of trained pilots and maintainers of these vehicles thanks to military training.<BR/><BR/>I believe we are going to see greater use of UAVs from civic authorities (police departments, etc) and media outlets and there will be few collisions and when one does happen, far less damage on the ground will result.crosspatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202499155608563500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-82407336549315610592007-07-30T00:46:00.000-04:002007-07-30T00:46:00.000-04:00"Corporate UAVs will probably make the issue moot ...<I>"Corporate UAVs will probably make the issue moot over the next decade."</I><BR/><BR/>True. And everyone will know where something is happening because the skies will turn black over that part of the city. Some media UAVs will travel with combat escort UAVs to ward off those of other stations.Snake Oil Baronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365352742028282744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-61462798080015889832007-07-29T18:30:00.000-04:002007-07-29T18:30:00.000-04:00Well you know... this whole thing here reminds me ...Well you know... this whole thing here reminds me of that movie "Natural Born Killers"... why, I don't know but it does...?Augurwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496433469062894349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-48433142163574935432007-07-29T09:03:00.000-04:002007-07-29T09:03:00.000-04:00With 24/7 news coverage available to almost every ...With 24/7 news coverage available to almost every news junkie, the crash was inevitable.<BR/><BR/>Competition for viewers' eyes in ratings ensures future crashes, or variations on them. Such news- gathering tools are becoming more lethal.<BR/><BR/>It will take the deaths of civilians by "news" providers to prompt a change in tactics.<BR/><BR/>The helicopter pilots/news reporters should volunteer for military service in Iraq, where their talents would actually do someone some good.John J. Coupalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14251189003749371248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-37959181635259103922007-07-29T05:19:00.000-04:002007-07-29T05:19:00.000-04:00Corporate UAVs will probably make the issue moot o...Corporate UAVs will probably make the issue moot over the next decade.crosspatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202499155608563500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-5026921403054286402007-07-29T00:10:00.000-04:002007-07-29T00:10:00.000-04:00you are much kinder than I was in my blog. Shepar...you are much kinder than I was in my blog. Shepard can go to hell if HE doesn't understand that the instant reporting of these stories brings MORE danger to police, to victims, and to the general public than if they were reported conventionally. <BR/>How can he IGNORE that innocent civilians are being endangered and that some nearly lost their lives Friday (a chopper blade stuck a pickup truck and then embedded itself in the asphalt)?<BR/>His self righteous ignorance INFURIATES me.<BR/>He bitched that the public mistakenly thinks these air cowboys volunteer for their job rather than being specifically assigned to it. That is insulting to all of us. <BR/>NO ONE is forced to get in that chopper and fly it into a law enforcement scenario. <BR/>Shepard can eat shit and die. As I posted on my blog, I pray he is hit by a FOXNEWS van when he leaves work as it responds to a shoplifting incident down the street.<BR/><BR/>REPORT the news Shepard, stay out of it and don't involve innocent bystanders in your pursuit of fame.<BR/><BR/>I will never watch FOXNEWS again after the insults spewed by that self serving asshole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-90961822699288242372007-07-28T19:10:00.000-04:002007-07-28T19:10:00.000-04:00I have often switched on the television when I fin...I have often switched on the television when I finished work in the afternoon to see what had happened during the day. More times than I care to remember, there was some sort of police "chase" which was extremely boring as well as annoying.<BR/><BR/>If movement is so important to ratings, perhaps on a slow news day they could set up cameras at various anonymous day care centers and film the little perpetual motion machines running around playing and crying and getting into mischief, or perhaps at the monkey habitat at the zoo.<BR/><BR/>As long as there aren't aerial shots of the action.SwampWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395051552137680646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-74983837897481143282007-07-28T14:46:00.000-04:002007-07-28T14:46:00.000-04:00I saw Shep blow his cool, too, and immediately fel...I saw Shep blow his cool, too, and immediately felt the same as you. In fact, I think that the Fox News broadcasts, excepting Brit Hume's show, have been steadily moving down market in their coverage of news. The hype of drama and tragedy in daily life is becoming slightly annoying. Like others, I suppose, I can't stand the bias of the MSM, and the "crap" that is moving into cable news is becoming just as disturbing. Maybe that is why I and others find the internet and blogosphere to be better places to get our information.Agricolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07688055667529778265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-92156259385852088242007-07-28T13:02:00.000-04:002007-07-28T13:02:00.000-04:00I had commented as you posted at another site. Ad...I had commented as you posted at another site. Additionally the police have warned off the media before as I remember but no lessons were apparently learned. What I failed to realize, brought out by other commenters at that site, is that the pilot is also the one passing the verbal feed on to the station; so he is also watching the monitor. Piloting a copter in a situation with at least 4 other copters (no police copter was present?) AND doing the reporting is an accident waiting to happen. It was posted that the reporters have been pulled off of the media copters to save money. True? I don't know but sounds plausible.amrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351633653335252003noreply@blogger.com