03-16-2024, 12:41 AM
sekker wrote:
[quote=Tiangou]
Problem?
You have a good selection of sources, especially Axios and LiveScience.
I note that the LiveScience headline literally starts with a failure outcome ('lost in Indian Ocean'), which was actually the expected outcome - this was not an attempt to recover the test vehicle. So I would score as 'misleading'.
The NYT headline is surprisingly good, has been hit-or-miss over SpaceX.
Note the USA Today headline doesn't really give an outcome, despite the clear success noted in the other headlines.
The MSN headlines and related - here's one just now:
'SpaceX Starship disintegrates after completing most of third test flight'
Not only do they lead with a clear negative outcome, it's actually not clear that's what happened. Yes, there is an assumed RUD, but last I checked, we do not know that. An accurate headline would have been, 'SpaceX Starship third test flight completes all mission objectives including reaching orbit for the first time.'
The media gets so much very wrong, why would we expect them to get this right?