NYT Faces Backlash for Calling Flydubai Stabbing an Altercation, Clarifies
News outlets revised early coverage after reports said a flydubai co-pilot stabbed the captain and the plane dropped nearly 14,000 feet, officials said.
- Flydubai Flight FZ1073 was diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after the co-pilot allegedly stabbed Captain Smit Machchhar during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
- The aircraft rapidly descended or lost thousands of feet, while passengers and crew entered the cockpit and subdued the co-pilot; the plane later landed safely.
- The New York Times initially described the incident as an “altercation,” prompting online criticism that the wording minimized a possible hijacking attempt.
- The Times defended its coverage, saying it reported only verifiable facts while investigators examined the co-pilot’s unknown motive.
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The NY Times' & Other Media's Cringerrific Reporting on FlyDubai
The New York Times reported that the FlyDubai terror attack was an altercation. They literally posted this on X: A plane flying from Dubai to Israel was diverted after an altercation between the pilot and co-pilot, Israeli officials said. Breaking news: A plane flying from Dubai to Israel was diverted after an altercation between the […] The post The NY Times’ & Other Media’s Cringerrific Reporting on FlyDubai appeared first on www.independentse…
Mostly Peaceful Hijacking? NYT Backpedals After Headline on Attempted Hijacking Sounds Like Workplace Spat
You can understand media reticence in declaring an incident a terrorist act of hijacking in the chaos that follows any sort of major event of that sort. That being said, […]
Flydubai Horror: Why media calls it an ‘Altercation’? Pilot stabbed
NEW DELHI: The FlyDubai FZ1073 incident raises a difficult question for the media: when does caution become euphemism, and does the standard of caution remain the same when the alleged attacker is a Muslim? What happened aboard FlyDubai Flight FZ1073 on September 30 was not an ordinary cockpit disagreement. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 was flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv with 174 people aboard when a violent confrontation erupted in the cockpit. The aircr…
NY Times gets roasted for calling cockpit stabbing an ‘altercation’ — then its PR team makes it worse
BS BULLETIN: A Flydubai flight headed to Tel Aviv was diverted after a co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain and attempted to take control of the aircraft; passengers and crew helped subdue the attacker. The New York Times initially described what happened on social media as an “altercation between the pilot and co-pilot.” After critics pounced, the Times defended itself by declaring: “Unlike activists and partisans, we don’t publish speculatio…
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