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Then maybe this isn't about you, specifically? How are the mainstream media dealing with it?

epakai 4y ago
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smoldesu 4y ago
> How are the mainstream media dealing with it? Apparently CNN reported on this 8 days ago[0] (when it happened). Fox is running coverage live as we speak[1]. If there is any evidence of a cover-up, it has yet to be presented. [0] https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/us/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-fire-sunday/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/us/east-palestine-ohio-train-... [1] https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-train-derailment-prompts-water-utility-state-line-take-precautions-health-concerns-mount https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-train-derailment-prompts-wat...
- sebkomianos 4y ago
  So the live coverage from Fox is 8 days late, right?
  - hgsgm 4y ago
    no, it's 8 contiguous days of coverage.
    - sebkomianos 4y ago
      Thanks for the correction!
  - smoldesu 4y ago
    Fox has reports on it from a few days ago too: https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/ohio-mayor-norfolk-southern-train-derailment-hold-feet-fire https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/ohio-mayor-norfolk-sou... It's more likely that nobody really cared about this until it went viral on Twitter and TikTok, when people felt a social obligation to show support. It's not bad to recognize the issue, but our willingness to shoot the messenger has prevented us from being able to learn anything in the first place. How many people would have learned about this sooner if they watched the "mainstream media" they so vehemently claim is covering it up? I don't really care either way, it's just food for thought.
    - sebkomianos 4y ago
      Thanks for the reply! May I ask why "you don't care", though?
      - smoldesu 4y ago
        Mostly because of the Flint thing in my other comment, but also because I spent an inordinate amount of my childhood on 4chan listening to people peddle their own coverup theories.
        sebkomianos 4y ago
        So, it's not the actual disaster that you don't care about but the "you have not heard about this" part of the news?
        smoldesu 4y ago
        The disaster is terrible, but I'm completely ambivalent towards the "underground" narrative and overall response to the story.
      - IIAOPSW 4y ago
        Other apathetic here. There's a certain amount of background cosmic dice rolls and related instances of suffering all the time. Plane crashes, house fires, robberies, lottery winners etc. Its all just noise. Like a log of lightening strikes. There's nothing interesting to be learned looking at individual instances, and those instances don't really affect your life. The next illogical step in the process is to figure out who or what to blame, but why? You think if they nailed this derailment down to a single thing that went wrong this time, there would never be any more derailment accidents? If the answer is no, then why care so much about where to pin blame?
        yunwal 4y ago
        Derailments of this type have been increasing a lot over the past few years due to premature automation of rail lines and increased length of freight trains. Ultimately this is a story about cutting costs at the expense of lives and the environment. https://railroads.dot.gov/accident-and-incident-reporting/train-accident-reports/train-accidents-type https://railroads.dot.gov/accident-and-incident-reporting/tr...
- jtr1 4y ago
  Nothing on the NY Times front page as 11:09 EST 02-13-2023
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belltaco 4y ago
> How are the mainstream media dealing with it? https://abcnews.go.com/US/toxic-chemicals-train-derailed-ohio-originally-reported-data/story?id=97080179 https://abcnews.go.com/US/toxic-chemicals-train-derailed-ohi...

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> How are the mainstream media dealing with it? Apparently CNN reported on this 8 days ago[0] (when it happened). Fox is running coverage live as we speak[1]. If there is any evidence of a cover-up, it has yet to be presented. [0] https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/us/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-fire-sunday/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/us/east-palestine-ohio-train-... [1] https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-train-derailment-prompts-water-utility-state-line-take-precautions-health-concerns-mount https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-train-derailment-prompts-wat...

sebkomianos 4y ago
So the live coverage from Fox is 8 days late, right?
- hgsgm 4y ago
  no, it's 8 contiguous days of coverage.
  - sebkomianos 4y ago
    Thanks for the correction!
- smoldesu 4y ago
  Fox has reports on it from a few days ago too: https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/ohio-mayor-norfolk-southern-train-derailment-hold-feet-fire https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/ohio-mayor-norfolk-sou... It's more likely that nobody really cared about this until it went viral on Twitter and TikTok, when people felt a social obligation to show support. It's not bad to recognize the issue, but our willingness to shoot the messenger has prevented us from being able to learn anything in the first place. How many people would have learned about this sooner if they watched the "mainstream media" they so vehemently claim is covering it up? I don't really care either way, it's just food for thought.
  - sebkomianos 4y ago
    Thanks for the reply! May I ask why "you don't care", though?
    - smoldesu 4y ago
      Mostly because of the Flint thing in my other comment, but also because I spent an inordinate amount of my childhood on 4chan listening to people peddle their own coverup theories.
      - sebkomianos 4y ago
        So, it's not the actual disaster that you don't care about but the "you have not heard about this" part of the news?
        smoldesu 4y ago
        The disaster is terrible, but I'm completely ambivalent towards the "underground" narrative and overall response to the story.
    - IIAOPSW 4y ago
      Other apathetic here. There's a certain amount of background cosmic dice rolls and related instances of suffering all the time. Plane crashes, house fires, robberies, lottery winners etc. Its all just noise. Like a log of lightening strikes. There's nothing interesting to be learned looking at individual instances, and those instances don't really affect your life. The next illogical step in the process is to figure out who or what to blame, but why? You think if they nailed this derailment down to a single thing that went wrong this time, there would never be any more derailment accidents? If the answer is no, then why care so much about where to pin blame?
      - yunwal 4y ago
        Derailments of this type have been increasing a lot over the past few years due to premature automation of rail lines and increased length of freight trains. Ultimately this is a story about cutting costs at the expense of lives and the environment. https://railroads.dot.gov/accident-and-incident-reporting/train-accident-reports/train-accidents-type https://railroads.dot.gov/accident-and-incident-reporting/tr...
jtr1 4y ago
Nothing on the NY Times front page as 11:09 EST 02-13-2023

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belltaco 4y ago

> How are the mainstream media dealing with it? https://abcnews.go.com/US/toxic-chemicals-train-derailed-ohio-originally-reported-data/story?id=97080179 https://abcnews.go.com/US/toxic-chemicals-train-derailed-ohi...