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>> yeah. there was an incident many years ago which was conducting what's called an overshoot procedure and the systems overrided it and it ended up flying into the trees. what i want to say before we go down this route of engineering malfunctions is that this aircraft would have been at 32,000 feet or thereabouts. if there's any sort of malfunction in the system the pilot and the crew has a long time to start putting on emergency codes on the transponders 7700 that's the international recognized emergency code. they have a lot of time to start talking to air traffic, put out a more serious ma...

Media. in dealing with a serious problem involving technical breakdown, engineering malfunctions, environmental fallout, regulatory mishaps, the media has decided to hone in on one central issue above all others, presidential emotion. the overriding need of the hour we have decided is not a cleanup plan, not a regulatory overhaul, not a new energy policy, but the image of the president visibly enraged. take a look at these clips put together by ben from "the huffington post." >> in this oil crisis the president's critics are out in force claiming he's too unemotional. >> president obama is bei...

Media. in dealing with a serious problem involving technical breakdown, engineering malfunctions, environmental fallout, regular tory mishaps t media has decided to hone in on one issue above all others. presidential emotion. the overriding need of the hour is not a clean-up plan, a regulatory overhaul, but the image of the president visibly enraged. take a look at these clips put together by the "huffington post." >> in this crisis, the president's kris ittics are out in force. >> president obama's being criticized for not showing enough motion. >> is it time for the president to show emotion...

Would it plug the hole? the truth is that what's happening in the gulf is a terrible tragedy, but there is very little the federal government can do in the short term to actually stop the spill. this whole discussion is a terrible example of how the media can trivialize political discussion. the presidency is a serious job. the most serious job in the country. and here we are asking the man to dress the part, to play act emotions, to give us satisfaction by just doing something, even if it's all phony stuff just designed to give the impression of action. and we've managed to succeed. we've man...