LOU wrote on Jul 27^th, 2011 at 10:29pm:

CoolP, since this monster of a plane is such a big deal to Airbus that is why it is getting soooo much attention, miscreant Murdoch not withstanding.  :P

Well, Lou, in this thread, you are the Mr. Murdoch, posting the news to mention.  :P
The other ones don't mention the A380 that much. See for yourself. http://www.aviationnews.net/index.html?do=headlines
But as I've said, I'm not in trouble with that focus, though I'm able to detect it.  :)

Google News gave me some of this when looking for A380 'Singapore A380 engine fails, forced to return' and 'Two die as Boeing 747 cargo jet crashes off South Korea' for the 747.
Which one should be mentioned? Voilà, welcome to the chief editor's world, forming up the image of the paper.

There's another article, 'New A380 doesn’t meet expectations' which, from the headline, surely will attract some fellows.
But when reading on, you mainly read about the large amount of business class seats in the Korean Air’s A380 and their focus on those tickets, while they now had to see that the market asks for more economy seats/tickets/prices.
So, when reading on, the view totally differs and goes away from a plane problem over to a planning one. Also, knowing about the Japanese Korean Air ban from former articles, some sales influences are to be expected, affecting the whole fleet and the numbers.
Media perception, a field of science.  :D

For all that media stuff (and maybe some other things), you could open a thread for CoolP's stories, but that's not what I or anyone else around want to read here, I'm interested in yours, Lou.
And I think the same goes for the other guys around since those 40 years offer a vast amount of knowledge and I actually like the 'I remember that approach at KJFK ..' beginnings.