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Old May 23, 2014 | 9:57 am
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While I'm no fan of UA, it seems that the media is sort of going a bit one-sided with these stories:

- the pacific near miss which involved a US Airways jet in one direction and United in the other; most stories just referenced United
- The EWR near miss, which led with United (most stories mentioned ExpressJet too)
- This story, which involves only United

There have no doubt been a number of other "near miss" stories that did not get the media attention that these did. Is the media picking on UA or is it a broader trend? I tend to think these things happen with roughly the same percentage on all carriers. United's standard deviation is no different than Southwest's.

It's the media that's responsible for the story here, no?
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