Those Military Baggage Fees: Bad Journalism and Bad PR, Not Bad Ethics

A right of center, (but typically right-on) blog that I visit fairly regularly posted this yesterday.

From : http://ethicsalarms.com/

"The 24 hour news cycle and blogger feeding frenzy often produce snap ethical
judgments that defy the facts, logic, and fairness. Today’s example: the
supposed “outrage” of Delta Air Lines making Army reservists returning from
combat in Afghanistan pay excess-bag fees. A Colorado soldier posted a YouTube
video complaining that their unit had to pay $2,800 for extra checked
bags, and you would have thought the airlines made the soldiers fly while
strapped to the wing. “You’re not going to believe this!” said “Fox and Friends”
goof Steve Doocy, introdoocying the story as if it was an act of domestic
terrorism. There were similar expressions of horror on CNN’s Headline News and
on the local news in Wilmington, Delaware, where I was staying yesterday while
doing a musical ethics program for the Wilmington Bar. And yet…
Delta did
nothing wrong or inappropriate."

I tend to agree.

Full Store here.