The routine that prior to official, actual information about a plane crash: 
Cable news rolls out the technical experts to enrapture us with hours of professional sounding speculation regarding likely causes. 
Matt Davies is Newsday’s Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. 
Mobile users: Visit newsday.com/mattdavies or click on the link above to see Davies' cartoons

The routine that prior to official, actual information about a plane crash: Cable news rolls out the technical experts to enrapture us with hours of professional sounding speculation regarding likely causes. Matt Davies is Newsday’s Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. Mobile users: Visit newsday.com/mattdavies or click on the link above to see Davies' cartoons

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