Chasing Its Tail

The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might be considered farce were it not for the magnitude of the human tragedy. To have breathless reports about satellite images eagerly confirmed by aircraft overflight turn out to be nothing more than floating garbage must be tortuous for the bereaved families. We have so-called "experts" on news broadcasts and talking head shows who prove themselves to be consistently wrong. Obviously, the lost plane has been a bonanza in the ratings for some networks, but it is becoming increasingly unseemly to hype aspects of the story when there is no news to tell. The media is not entirely at fault though in the reporting because the loss of the jet and presumably more than two hundred souls continues to draw an audience as the mystery continues to baffle.