Source: Doctor dragged off United hires two sets of lawyers | Daily Mail Online
Ok, so by now, the misadventures of this United Airlines passenger has caused more people to tsk tsk world wide than the time Hugh Grant was caught cheating on Liz Hurley. It’s pretty hard to defend the corporate actions of United in this instance since the entire pitiful exchange was videoed by teams of passengers as evidence.
I’m not going to suggest that United handled this situation well, but they also had the misfortune to pick upon a slightly unhinged individual as a removal candidate. What kind of an educated person, much less a medical doctor, squeals like a snowflake college student when asked to leave a plane? It’s one thing to be visibly annoyed and stalk off in righteous huff, since he would be entitled, but to flail around and wail as if he was doused in spiders is a tad on the unhinged side. While the world comes down hard on the airline, what has been overlooked is that the passenger’s behavior was irrational and inappropriate to the circumstances.
And the worse part of it is, the guy (and his lawyers) will likely receive a windfall of money from United because the court of public opinion has already vilified and convicted the airline. What this emotionally unstable person has effected is not just a resounding lesson to United; he has in fact created new economic opportunities for all nutters and those willing to play the role. The lesson is, act like a child, behave irrationally and play the victim to the max. All businesses will be at risk from restaurants to barber shops as people go postal on any inconvenience dared to be foisted upon them. Get a bad haircut or eat some bad clams, run through a plate glass window and get someone to film you bleeding. The ambulance chaser business just discovered a new revenue motherlode.
In this time of extreme sensitivity to any and all slights from all quarters, it’s truly shocking that a company as resource rich as United would allow themselves to be so exposed to such avoidable litigation. Now that the floodgates are open, expect the next guy who didn’t receive a bag of nuts to wail like Howard Dean in order to extract compensatory money from the hapless airline. United have allowed themselves to be a contributor to the lucrative victim industry. Expect to see teams of lawyers hanging around the departure areas of all future flights.
Update: And here we go
Source: Trump’s old Ferrari sells at auction for record $270,000 | WTKR.com
The underlying premise of this site has always been to point out the laughable presentation of news by the popular media. Nowhere is biased and skewed reportage more rampant than in the political sphere. Objective observers will note the great swing of the pendulum that took effect starting in November of last year.
From years of effusive lauding of the past President’s policies, starting with an awarding of a Nobel Peace prize just as he assumed office, but before having actually done anything, to the ongoing re-write of history as it pertains to race relations, the characterization of ‘accomplishments’ were laugh out loud funny, if they weren’t so conspicuously untrue.
The difference in characterization of the new President is to be expected given the natural lefty bias of the majority of media. We recall the regular sniffy portrayal of George Bush as a primate and mental midget. A whole new level of petulance and contempt is exposed as the media covers the new Trump presidency. In addition to the usual banal rhetoric about conservatives in general, churlish and petty attacks are offered daily as a way of de-legitimizing his tenure. It’s as if there were prizes awarded to the outlet that can come up with the most puerile story.
The headline offered in the linked article seems fairly matter of fact, a simple story detailing the sale of an old Trump possession. Obviously these folks didn’t get the message that there had to be a spin to every story concerning Trump. Sure enough, another news outlet had this to say in reporting the car sale,
“Donald Trump’s Ferrari disappoints at Florida Auction”
So, despite the fact that the Ferrari sold at the highest price ever for such a vehicle, the reportage from this outlet was that the sale was ‘disappointing’ because it didn’t meet an original sale expectation. It’s like saying that the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl but by less than the Vegas points spread and therefore was disappointing. We’re awaiting a story about how Trump’s unfinished lunch sandwich is a slap in the face to hungry people everywhere. We can’t wait until an effective replacement for the collapsing health care scheme ordered by the Nobel guy, finally gets implemented. The criticism will be that it should have been done on January 21…on the year before he took office. Don’t be surprised if the plan is considered a failure if it doesn’t address insomnia, post partum depression and male pattern baldness.