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NOTE - the purpose of this thread is not to bash 60 Minutes, or introduce politics. Go to YORF, if that's all you can contribute.
Sunday night, 60 Minutes had a story about small R/C "drones". And the next story was about the company that makes Tabasco sauce.
Turned out the two stories had one big thing in common…..drones. The Tabasco story had several aerial scenes that could only have been shot from an R/C copter.
So, I have written in a comment to point that out. Would be really interesting if they used that comment in their end of show feedback next week. I won't be betting on it.
BTW - since I did not want to use my full name, and my favorite partial names (like GeorgeG) were taken, I used the name of my hometown.
Here's a link to the story, and my comment below it.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drones-over-america-60-minutes/
GeorgeFromGreensboro
I want to mention that I like 60 Minutes, and never thought I would write in.


I have flown radio controlled models since 1975. Won some awards. 


It is quite a fun hobby, which does not need more restrictions from the government.


But I am mainly writing this to point out a massive contradiction in your story about drones,where Morley Safer presented the attitude that R/C models used by non-government people was "scary".


In the very next story, about the making of Tabasco, there were several aerial scenes which at first looked like they might have been made by a full sized manned helicopter. But it became clear in later scenes that only an R/C model (helicopter type "drone") with a camera could have shot those scenes.


Why not fess' up 60 Minutes, that you LIKE drones enough to use them yourself? 


And if it's good for 60 Minutes, why isn't it good for everyone else to fly too?
Sunday night, 60 Minutes had a story about small R/C "drones". And the next story was about the company that makes Tabasco sauce.
Turned out the two stories had one big thing in common…..drones. The Tabasco story had several aerial scenes that could only have been shot from an R/C copter.
So, I have written in a comment to point that out. Would be really interesting if they used that comment in their end of show feedback next week. I won't be betting on it.
BTW - since I did not want to use my full name, and my favorite partial names (like GeorgeG) were taken, I used the name of my hometown.
Here's a link to the story, and my comment below it.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drones-over-america-60-minutes/
GeorgeFromGreensboro
I want to mention that I like 60 Minutes, and never thought I would write in.


I have flown radio controlled models since 1975. Won some awards. 


It is quite a fun hobby, which does not need more restrictions from the government.


But I am mainly writing this to point out a massive contradiction in your story about drones,where Morley Safer presented the attitude that R/C models used by non-government people was "scary".


In the very next story, about the making of Tabasco, there were several aerial scenes which at first looked like they might have been made by a full sized manned helicopter. But it became clear in later scenes that only an R/C model (helicopter type "drone") with a camera could have shot those scenes.


Why not fess' up 60 Minutes, that you LIKE drones enough to use them yourself? 


And if it's good for 60 Minutes, why isn't it good for everyone else to fly too?
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