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Sure, they were common but the media wasn't as prevalent. For example, I know of none of those before 2000s. But post-2000 I know of every single hijack and pla
by educar 10y ago
Sure, they were common but the media wasn't as prevalent. For example, I know of none of those before 2000s. But post-2000 I know of every single hijack and plane crashed because the internet and media shoved it on my face because it's always on every website. I bet that if there is a hijacking tomorrow, it will in HN front page (even though it's a tech website). That's how much these things multiply. Whereas, a bus crash or some other bombing will never make it to HN web page.
- rayiner 10y agoDoesn't your point cut the other way? I.e. if we got rid of all airline security and went back to the days of a dozen airline hijackings a year, wouldn't the pervasiveness of the media make the impact much worse than it was in the 1970s?