Southwest kicks more than 100 students off flight - 3 views

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  #2 Emma Boczek on 08 Jun 13

   

  The removal of over one hundred people from the flight does seem like an overreaction to a few high schoolers' misbehaving antics, but the truth is that I feel I've learned nothing about the situation from reading this article. It starts off by creating a very intense situation, with phrasing like "controversy," "dispute," "kicked off,"and "getting uglier." Quotes such as "they treated us like we were terrorists" were used without direct evidence of any sort of anti-Semitism or prejudice. After reading this I'm still confused about what kids were doing (chatting? playing on their phones? This doesn't seem to fit with the response), how many of them were doing it, and why they were all kicked off the plane, as many of the sources seem to disagree. To me, this feels like sensational, and not very informational, journalism. It's hard to know who was in the wrong without a whole picture of what happened.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The removal of over one hundred people from the flight does seem like an overreaction to a few high schoolers' misbehaving antics, but the truth is that I feel I've learned nothing about the situation from reading this article. It starts off by creating a very intense situation, with phrasing like "controversy," "dispute," "kicked off,"and "getting uglier." Quotes such as "they treated us like we were terrorists" were used without direct evidence of any sort of anti-Semitism or prejudice. After reading this I'm still confused about what kids were doing (chatting? playing on their phones? This doesn't seem to fit with the response), how many of them were doing it, and why they were all kicked off the plane, as many of the sources seem to disagree. To me, this feels like sensational, and not very informational, journalism. It's hard to know who was in the wrong without a whole picture of what happened.</div>

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  #3 krissy powers on 09 Jun 13

   

  I agree that this article was pretty unclear and left me feeling very confused, I still don't get what happened. I think we've all been on a plane with someone who is obnoxious or with a little kid whining or crying, but I don't think I've ever heard of someone actually getting kicked off a plane, except for movies. Overall, I have lots of questions that are still unanswered.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I agree that this article was pretty unclear and left me feeling very confused, I still don't get what happened. I think we've all been on a plane with someone who is obnoxious or with a little kid whining or crying, but I don't think I've ever heard of someone actually getting kicked off a plane, except for movies. Overall, I have lots of questions that are still unanswered.</div>

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