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They were stories that went back to the time of the incident. I'll see what I can find.

Oh, having been a network TV reporter for about 35 years, I do know a little about how stories are kept,,, and about stories that don't pass the smell test.

Let's go to the base line here. The original person, the one who now admits he made most of it up, and who AirTran has proved wasn’t even on the flight, is the only one who claims to have witnessed anything involving Muslims at all!

It's all BS.

End of discussion.

Oh, having been a network TV reporter for about 35 years, I do know a little about how stories are kept,,, and about stories that don't pass the smell test....It's all BS. End of discussion.

If you were REALLY a network TV reporter for 35 years, then you would pretty quickly be able to use that inside knowledge to verify solidly your claim that:

TV and radio stations in Houston have interviewed dozens who were all aboard flight, including three local Texas cops and about a dozen US military. None of the Muslim stuff occurred

If you were REALLY practiced in spotting vague and evasive reporting, you'd have immediately noticed that it runs rampant in this AJC article of Friday.

THAT article confirms from AirTran and/or the TSA that:

1. The pilot decided to return flight 297 to the gate because a male passenger had twice been asked to put away an undetermined electronic device, didn't do so, and the flight attendant took the device away from him.

2. The passenger didn't speak English. He and a companion were asked to leave the plan.

3. The man and 12 others traveling with him were allowed to reboard the plan and it left for Houston a little more than two hours later. The entire incident is described as a communication problem with language; among all those travelling companions, none could spoke the same langage and could have served as an interpreter on the plane and nipped the incident in the bud.

That a so-called experience network TV reporter of 35 years wouldn't recognize that at this point with this information so hazily provided by the AJC, Petruna, Robinson, and Hackemack become irrelevant to the real story ... explains why the MSM is what it is today.

You're all B.S. End of discussion.

Still waiting for your answer: AirTran and TSA officials confirm, which is that a total of 13 or 14 individuals were ultimately involved in a party that was traveling together? How could a party that large NOT have one among them that could quickly resolve the translator problem?

But ... you've conveniently declared, "End of discussion."

I think you're phonier than Petruna. Petruna exaggerated and made himself a hero, but at least his nose for something that smelled rotten was real.