After trawling through lots of flash media on various websites I have come to the conclusion that it is not where the flash player is, whether it be on a site designed for children or silver surfers, it depends on how appropriate it is.
I think that Flash should only be used when really needed, this is why it works so well on the National Geographic site because it is such a visual site Flash is needed to compliment the story. I think the idea of 'Flashtbation' can be seen on sites such as CNN and BBC where they have either used video from the TV programme or added pointless video that doesn't add anything to the bigger story. Sorry you have to follow links but I couldn't get video up!
