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Evidently this briefly hit the mass tv news cycle then went silent... This deserves wide scale attention... Pollution and toxic destruction needs to trigger a

Evidently this briefly hit the mass tv news cycle then went silent... This deserves wide scale attention... Pollution and toxic destruction needs to trigger a commensurate fine both for clean up and punitive damages sufficient to motivate big business to proactively avoid these events Looks like media has been told to drop this story... Or even worse to self censor anything outside it's allowed news topic criteria

Rebelgecko 4y ago
What media? I saw it on CNN today. Fox News's website has multiple stories about this from the last hour. The only place where the train stuff seems underrepresented is on some of the big subreddits (which are echo chambers already, so not surprising)
- ajsnigrutin 4y ago
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  - bathtub365 4y ago
    Which people?
    - deleted 4y ago
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  - belltaco 4y ago
    Trivially disproved. https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/111lv6d/there_were_more_toxic_chemicals_on_train_that/ https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/111lv6d/there_were_mo...
- Izkata 4y ago
  > today > last hour It happened a week and a half ago, so...
  - heartbreak 4y ago
    They have been covering it the entire time.
  - Rebelgecko 4y ago
    Right. If they're STILL running multiple stories per hour after all this time, it must be a big deal, right? Seems to contradict the narrative that the media is now trying to hide what happened.
    - Izkata 4y ago
      > is now trying to hide The story seems to be blowing up now, after people were saying last week it wasn't getting much attention.
      - iinnPP 4y ago
        It's hilarious watching the 3 threads on HN surrounding this topic. First had one brand new account uttering psyop nonstop with zero evidence. All their posts were flagged before the story went from front page to gone in 2secs. The second one had several accounts saying the exact same message, in the exact format and wording as the first. And a few extras with similar but clearly different people. Also went from front page to nowhere in 2secs. This being the third I noticed is absolutely full of these opinions. Which are entirely conspiracy theories. If a group of activists choose this story as their attack vector, so be it. Clearly it is interesting enough to keep on fire. There's also a lot of unanswered questions and nobody has been held to any sort of account. Maybe if we jail an executive for this we will stop seeing it. It's just one executive, who cares.
      - Rebelgecko 4y ago
        I'm hearing contradictory theories in this thread. Either that the media initially reported on the train derailment and then was forced to stop following up. Or that the media initially tried to cover up the derailment and then gave up and started reporting on it. Do both of these competing theories have traction? If so, why?
- belltaco 4y ago
  > The only place where the train stuff seems underrepresented is on some of the big subreddits (which are echo chambers already, so not surprising) Huh? https://www.reddit.com/r/news/search/?q=ohio&include_over_18=on&restrict_sr=on&t=week&sort=relevance https://www.reddit.com/r/news/search/?q=ohio&include_over_18...
hgsgm 4y ago
If you open your eyes you can see more clearly. This story has been covered extensively
- iinnPP 4y ago
  You can lose your job for supporting Harry Potter but if your policies derail a train and force 500 people to evacuate (which is an offence to free movement btw) you are safe. The coverage isn't the issue. It's the lack of accountability being talked about.
ChickenNugger 4y ago
>Pollution and toxic destruction needs to trigger a commensurate fine both for clean up and punitive damages sufficient to motivate big business to proactively avoid these events It's going to dump into the Ohio river and spread this over the planet, just like C-8. Less than a month after Biden made it illegal for rail workers to strike. No political party taking corporate money is your friend.
- aworks 4y ago
  My priors: I've lived in (chemically toxic) Silicon Valley for decades near a long-term Superfund site created by a long-gone semiconductor facility. I'm also a former Midwestener who understands the importance of the Ohio River ecosystem. In my personal sense of current importance, balloons over North American, maybe all from China, get my news and political attention since it could have both personal and global impact. So at this point, I don't blame the Democratic Party or capitalism or various media although I recognize they aren't my friends either. I may change my mind in a month, course, if events prove catastrophic. Or if I eventually develop cancer because semiconductors. Apologies to the fine citizens of Ohio. And thanks ChickenNugger for the opportunity to think about the situation.
  - iinnPP 4y ago
    I would worry far more about local unrest than a "spy" balloon you could see with your eyes. Especially from SV.

Rebelgecko 4y ago

What media? I saw it on CNN today. Fox News's website has multiple stories about this from the last hour. The only place where the train stuff seems underrepresented is on some of the big subreddits (which are echo chambers already, so not surprising)

ajsnigrutin 4y ago
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- bathtub365 4y ago
  Which people?
  - deleted 4y ago
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- belltaco 4y ago
  Trivially disproved. https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/111lv6d/there_were_more_toxic_chemicals_on_train_that/ https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/111lv6d/there_were_mo...
Izkata 4y ago
> today > last hour It happened a week and a half ago, so...
- heartbreak 4y ago
  They have been covering it the entire time.
- Rebelgecko 4y ago
  Right. If they're STILL running multiple stories per hour after all this time, it must be a big deal, right? Seems to contradict the narrative that the media is now trying to hide what happened.
  - Izkata 4y ago
    > is now trying to hide The story seems to be blowing up now, after people were saying last week it wasn't getting much attention.
    - iinnPP 4y ago
      It's hilarious watching the 3 threads on HN surrounding this topic. First had one brand new account uttering psyop nonstop with zero evidence. All their posts were flagged before the story went from front page to gone in 2secs. The second one had several accounts saying the exact same message, in the exact format and wording as the first. And a few extras with similar but clearly different people. Also went from front page to nowhere in 2secs. This being the third I noticed is absolutely full of these opinions. Which are entirely conspiracy theories. If a group of activists choose this story as their attack vector, so be it. Clearly it is interesting enough to keep on fire. There's also a lot of unanswered questions and nobody has been held to any sort of account. Maybe if we jail an executive for this we will stop seeing it. It's just one executive, who cares.
    - Rebelgecko 4y ago
      I'm hearing contradictory theories in this thread. Either that the media initially reported on the train derailment and then was forced to stop following up. Or that the media initially tried to cover up the derailment and then gave up and started reporting on it. Do both of these competing theories have traction? If so, why?
belltaco 4y ago
> The only place where the train stuff seems underrepresented is on some of the big subreddits (which are echo chambers already, so not surprising) Huh? https://www.reddit.com/r/news/search/?q=ohio&include_over_18=on&restrict_sr=on&t=week&sort=relevance https://www.reddit.com/r/news/search/?q=ohio&include_over_18...

hgsgm 4y ago

If you open your eyes you can see more clearly. This story has been covered extensively

iinnPP 4y ago
You can lose your job for supporting Harry Potter but if your policies derail a train and force 500 people to evacuate (which is an offence to free movement btw) you are safe. The coverage isn't the issue. It's the lack of accountability being talked about.

ChickenNugger 4y ago

>Pollution and toxic destruction needs to trigger a commensurate fine both for clean up and punitive damages sufficient to motivate big business to proactively avoid these events It's going to dump into the Ohio river and spread this over the planet, just like C-8. Less than a month after Biden made it illegal for rail workers to strike. No political party taking corporate money is your friend.

aworks 4y ago
My priors: I've lived in (chemically toxic) Silicon Valley for decades near a long-term Superfund site created by a long-gone semiconductor facility. I'm also a former Midwestener who understands the importance of the Ohio River ecosystem. In my personal sense of current importance, balloons over North American, maybe all from China, get my news and political attention since it could have both personal and global impact. So at this point, I don't blame the Democratic Party or capitalism or various media although I recognize they aren't my friends either. I may change my mind in a month, course, if events prove catastrophic. Or if I eventually develop cancer because semiconductors. Apologies to the fine citizens of Ohio. And thanks ChickenNugger for the opportunity to think about the situation.
- iinnPP 4y ago
  I would worry far more about local unrest than a "spy" balloon you could see with your eyes. Especially from SV.