&gt; <i>That&#x27;s a problem with people and their memory, not the news outlet.</i><p>Arsenic being poisonous is in fact a problem with peoples&#x27; bodies not being able to handle it. And yet putting it in food and selling to people is not something you&#x27;re allowed to. The &quot;problem with people and their memory&quot; here is a human universal, something thay can&#x27;t do much about, so asking them to &quot;just be smarter&quot; is not a practical approach.<p>&gt; <i>The headline at the moment literally says it was unlikely to be a drone, but that still doesn&#x27;t rule it out completely. Following your rules, that wouldn&#x27;t make it as a story because it isn&#x27;t factually proven.</i><p>And it shouldn&#x27;t. Because on what basis does this story (and previous ones) promote drones to attention? It could be a bird. Or an UAV. Or a piece of plane falling off. Or someone playing with a spud gun. Or a turtle[0]. Or something else entirely. By saying &quot;it&#x27;s unlikely it was a drone&quot; they&#x27;re already framing the discussion.<p>[0] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11588384" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11588384</a>