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And Ron, your above post is also speculative as to this rider's ultimate cause of death.(key word here: "Ultimate"!)

And so, maybe the BASIC problem with these whole "The media reported today that Rider-X wasn't wearing a helmet, and so that's pissin' me off that they stated that" kind of threads which occasionally pop up around here, is that we the public are NOT getting the WHOLE STORY!

Maybe IF from now on instead of JUST stating in their reports the wearing or not wearing of a helmet after a fatal crash, IF they would go on to do their friggin' jobs as they should, and would start reporting the COMPLETE STORY of what Rider-X's predominate fatal injuries were(and NOT just some "He was loved by his family and friends...and is now flying free with the doves" kind of sugar-coated and simplified..well, sorry to say...CRAP, like moe suggested), then maybe WE the PUBLIC could start doing OUR friggin' jobs which entails TAKING INFORMATION and then making a more INFORMED decision about the CHOICES at our disposal on how best to prolong our lives, especially in THIS regard, HUH?!

Uh huh, perhaps THIS is the REAL ISSUE here!!!

(...it's not that we're getting too much info, or even some percieved "bias" in these reports, it's possibly that we're NOT getting ENOUGH info!!!)