A New York-bound Virgin Atlantic flight was canceled just moments before takeoff last week when an alarmed passenger said he spotted several screws missing from the plane’s wing.

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      2911 months ago

      What do you think the implications of that are for this article reporting a completely non-political incident?

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        2411 months ago

        Probably that they generally don’t care about getting a story right or corroborating sources. I agree that in this case that doesn’t matter for getting the high level facts across.

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        2311 months ago

        They get traffic and unless someone comments otherwise, a slight boost in perceived respectability