Patrick Smith at Salon has a bit of an old fart problem when talking about music, but his Ask the Pilot columns are usually somewhere between "pretty sharp" and "revelatory."

Wall Street Journal writer Annie Jacobsen's bullshit terror-in-the-skies flight story is currently being passed around conservative circles as if it proved something (when, in fact, it has little discernable content whatsoever). Here's his take in three parts. These being from Salon, you might have to click through some annoying ads.

Part One

Part Two

Part Three