Steven Slater Story: Fuzzy Wuzzy

[Magnolia1791]

An old school friend posted the following today on Facebook:

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He knows nothing about the Hoax (at least I think he does not know ...). But for a moment I thought: Oh, my God! He knows everything about me, this post was just for me!  :lol: Nevertheless, I read the article interested ...

[trublu]

Just wanted to ask...does anyone know who broke the story of Steven Slater? Was it TMZ?

[pepper]

Just wanted to ask...does anyone know who broke the story of Steven Slater? Was it TMZ?

This is the closest thing I could find in answer to your question:

"Slater certainly inspired the Internet, which grabbed his story and ran. "The Steven Slater story seemed to get passed around almost immediately after the New York tabloids published the stories to the Web," says Kenyatta Cheese, co-founder of Know Your Meme, Rocketboom's Web repository for all things awesome."

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"Yet, as often happens, the story got ahead of the facts.

It seems that the story that Slater told—as parroted mostly uncritically by the media—was a lie. Passengers and police reports suggest that it was Slater—not any unruly or rude passengers—who started the altercation. Slater was the one who was being uncooperative and difficult, and may in fact have been drinking on the job.

Of course, the truth makes a much less interesting story. If Slater was drunk then we don’t need psychologists and other experts to bloviate on camera about what makes a man snap. Furthermore, if the allegations of drinking are true, Slater could have endangered the passengers’ safety. If some emergency should arise, flight attendants must have their wits about them to guide passengers to safety, not be cranky and three sheets to the wind.

The media was so busy rushing to explain Slater’s behavior as a psychological issue that they neglected to look into the more likely causes of his behavior. The news media’s rush to be first with the story often comes at the expense of accuracy, and the earliest news reports are invariably the least factual. As this case shows, any analysis based upon those tentative facts are often little more than idle speculation, and it’s often best to wait for the facts."

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A couple of other interesting links about the story that I came across if you want to read more:

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[trublu]

Thank you Pepper! You are awesome!  

[paula-c]

Remember that it is true that TMZ was the first half to confirm the "death" of Michael, but also around the world watched the funeral and burial, well not a funeral as we all know, but if it supposedly was.

[ForTheTruth]

Slater's Emergency Beer -- Twice in a Blue Moon

8/14/2010 7:30 AM PDT by TMZ Staff  

TMZ has learned the secret identity of the two beer bottles Steven Slater allegedly grabbed right before he activated the emergency slide and made his heroic escape -- Blue Moon.


According to multiple eyewitnesses, Slater swiped the two BMs during his theatrical departure on Monday -- the newest brew on the airline's in-flight beer list.

The bottles usually go for about $6 on board -- but we're guessing Slater got a very special employee discount.

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Is this a clue or just a coincidence?
 Blue Moon picture of Michael?.. :?  :|

[Glinda]

Very healthy...
But its just a hoax
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or not?
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hmmmm..