[Howlin]

You told me yesterday that you get your information from local sources

Did you think I was at the scene doing interviews, or calling the highway patrol myself.

You knew exactly what I meant when I said I'd take the word of a reporter on the scene standing two feet from the car rather than somebody thousands of miles away in NYC.

Unless, of course, you are as dense as you appear to be.

I am tempted to include all the private mails I am getting about this...

Oh, FGS, what a whiner you are; and don't kid yourself into thinking we're not getting them about YOU.

[surfer]

Since you are local...did you do anything at all to help search? did you make any phone calls to offer help?

[blu]

Howlin, do you know that at least half the message is the manner in which it is delivered? You are acting like YOU ALONE are privy to "the facts", and anyone who disagrees with you is wrong, stupid, embellishes the truth...yada yada yada.

Since you are such a news hound, surely you're aware that we don't always get "just the facts". Remember when the World Trade Center was hit by a private plane on 9-11?

(Speaking very softly here) It is possible for your posts and someone else's posts, all on the same thread and even mostly all on topic, to conflict with each other. It is possible for the same story to be reported by different people in different ways, and even with different facts. Instead of trashing those whose reporting differs from yours, you do yourself a disservice. You make it more about "I'm right, I tell ya!", instead of "This is what I'm hearing".Your combative style detracts from your reporting. Just lettin' ya know how it looks from here. Teacherly speaking, of course!