EyeWit-Less News: Mary Schiavo and the Clueless Press

“Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story.”Mark Twain

All,

Abuzz in the aviation community right now is chatter about a recent, grossly inaccurate and ignorant article—a supposed “exposé” by a local news station, an ABC affiliate.

kcm_677x378The “exposé” concerns a U.S. government-sponsored TSA program called Known Crew Member, or KCM. To hear this “crack investigative team” tell it, it sounds like a nefarious conspiracy designed to endanger your aircraft. Instead of giving equal time to the TSA to properly explain the system, they rely on inflammatory statements by former DOT Inspector General, Mary Schiavo.

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Claiming she was “just testing the system,” Schiavo caused a bomb scare & evacuation at KCMH. FBI & FAA considered charges.”

See the full story in my Op Ed piece at:

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By the way, others have been shredding this story and her absurd statements as well. Pilot-blogger JetHead says, “Schiavo singles out those crewmembers and the most secure, updated, state-of-the-art security access program for unwarranted, alarmist sound-bite criticism. If anything, KCM should be the model for all airport access programs.”

At flyertalk.com, writer Sarah Steegar says: “KCM is nowhere near the place to start if we’re going to freak out over employee security screenings.”

What’s your take?

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