Watching the news this week it has been hard to focus on anything accept the missing Malaysian flight 370. Since it is nearing three weeks without a solid answer, news programs are having to repeat themselves and speculate to hold the interest of the public.
The first program I tuned into was Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace. Right away it was all speculation, the headline at the bottom of the screen read "Terrorism?" At this point in time no one can truly say what happened to the flight but this seems to be just a desperate ploy to suck people into their show. The correspondent was doing an interview and reaching a little bit too far towards the realm of terrorism without any evidence.
Next I went a channel down to CNN and the correspondent was interviewing an aviation analyst and asking questions about a fire in the cock pit which could have caused them to lower their altitude and lose control of the plane. In the middle of the interview the correspondent was handed breaking news and began reading the fact that the plane was flying at only 12,000 ft and made a sharp turn. So the station at least was adding some brand new news in addition to the speculation.
Lastly I watched News 12 which is local and they had a very brief block dedicated to the flight in which they only showed some very general pictures and immediately switched topics back to local news. It just showed how smaller news stations trail behind the larger ones and must focus on what they know to keep their viewers coming back.
Watching the coverage across these three programs really just showed how little we know about this flight and how much speculation and hunches that people are going on. As more information comes in news stories will have to be more accurate, but as of right now they can have a field day with possible scenarios which could have doomed the poor people on flight 370. It is just a matter of which one will get them the most press and viewers.
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