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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Bauder

Flying's gotten safer — and less reported on. Washington crash shows how the aviation beat is fading

Media-Covering the Sky - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Summoned from his couch to cover last week's plane disaster in Washington, CNN's Pete Muntean rushed in for the first of 24 live reports over the next 48 hours. At one point, he used a model airplane and helicopter to demonstrate. At another, he called President Trump “unhinged” for speculating that diversity in hiring contributed to the crash.

Even regular viewers may have wondered: Who is Pete Muntean, anyway?

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