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Monday, March 22, 2010 12:49 AM

Published Jun 26 2009 by Salon

Some stories just won't fly

I'd love to move on from the Air France crash, but the media insist on getting things wrong again

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...for,' he says. "To stand inin for the pilot in case of emergency."

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