![]() Compared to steam catapults, the EMALS also weighs less, is expected to cost less and require less maintenance, and can launch both heavier and lighter aircraft than a steam piston-driven system. Its main advantage is that it accelerates aircraft more smoothly, putting less stress on their airframes. Ford-class aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. EMALS was first installed on the lead ship of the Gerald R. The system launches carrier-based aircraft by means of a catapult employing a linear induction motor rather than the conventional steam piston. The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System ( EMALS) is a type of electromagnetic aircraft launching system developed by General Atomics for the United States Navy. You don’t get any clearer example of media bias than this.For the general type of catapult, see Electromagnetic catapult.Īn illustration of the EMALS A drawing of the linear induction motor used in the EMALS I mean, this is a deliberately misleading headline meant to fuel a partisan narrative about the president. Instead, we have yet another example in a long line of agenda-driven and opinionated reporting. With so much vitriol cast at “fake news” and misleading or false information online, you’d think news outlets would be especially careful about maintaining objectivity when it comes to reporting on events such as this. This is an opinion piece masquerading as a news story. It makes the president sound unhinged and like he’s pulling this criticism from thin air (rather than echoing a complaint he’s heard from Naval personnel).Ĭalling a person’s statement a “weird rant” is an opinion about what they said and why they said it. In contrast, Business Insider deliberately uses words like “inexplicably”, “persistent obsession”, “attacked”, “ire”, and “weird rant” to color and cast Trump’s remarks in a negative light. I don’t come away with any sense Newsweek is taking one side or the other. The article goes on to explain Trump’s advocacy of the steam catapults and features some quotes from his speech. Their headline was “Donald Trump Plans to Use Traditional Steam Catapults on U.S. Newsweek’s article about the event is decidedly more objective. ![]() So Trump is bringing up an issue to win favor with the troops, hardly something “weird” or controversial. It also appears the majority of Naval personnel support continued use of the simpler steam launchers. Trump is concerned the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System is much more expensive without any added benefit. “The US Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers have used steam launchers for decades,” the article explains. In an address to sailors and Marines on the USS Wasp in Japan earlier today, President Trump mentioned he might issue an order for the Navy’s new Ford-class supercarriers to use steam-powered launchers to catapult aircraft off the flight deck, rather than the planned Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System. You have to read past the headline to find out what actually happened. After all, that would be a “weird rant” about future US supercarriers using steam. When I read this headline, it conjured an image of President Trump advocating a return to late 19th Century steam-powered ships. “Trump tells troops that future US supercarriers are ‘going to use steam’ in a weird rant about an obsession he can’t seem to shake.” Written by Ryan Pickrell for Business Insider, this alleged news story and its misleading headline is rife with opinionated and obviously biased descriptors and characterizations. Business Insider publishes wildly biased and misleading news story about Trump’s recent visit to Japan.Īn unusual-sounding headline popped up in my news feed today. ![]()
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