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The knee-jerk smearing of journalism has really reached a boil with this event. I have seen this "nobody is reporting on it" comment, without exception, in ever

The knee-jerk smearing of journalism has really reached a boil with this event. I have seen this "nobody is reporting on it" comment, without exception, in every comment section of the dozen stories I've seen on the topic, and I barely even read the news.

starkd 4y ago
Why would you read something that carries very little credibility? Can you blame anyone for having such a knee-jerk reaction?
- halocupcake 4y ago
  Most major news outlets were reporting on the derailment shortly after, and yet I see this narrative continually being pushed that nobody reported on it. Yes, we should blame people for pushing such an easily debunked conspiracy theory. The reality is that we live in the social media era, and nobody knew or cared about the derailment until some people screamed about a black cloud on a viral TikTok clip. People should be held to a bare minimum expectation to inform themselves properly before acting as if our government and media are horrendously corrupt. Examples of articles on mainstream sites reporting on the derailment soon after the event (some articles showed up on the front pages as well): https://www.reuters.com/world/us/train-derailment-causes-massive-fire-ohio-local-media-2023-02-04/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/train-derailment-causes-mas... https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-ohio-evacuations-fires-5d399dc745f51ef746e22828083d8591 https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-ohio-evacuations-fir... https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-train-derailment-causes-massive-fire-forces-village-evacuation https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-train-derailment-causes-mass... https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/04/us/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-fire https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/04/us/east-palestine-ohio-tr...
- timeon 4y ago
  > Can you blame anyone Yes I can. For moving the goal-post as well.
dpkirchner 4y ago
It's a conservative trope. They're hoping to paint us libruls opposed to chemical spills as hypocrites. They don't have a response do the specific points so they attack the reaction. It's lazy but that's conservatives (in the modern political sense of the term).

starkd 4y ago

Why would you read something that carries very little credibility? Can you blame anyone for having such a knee-jerk reaction?

halocupcake 4y ago
Most major news outlets were reporting on the derailment shortly after, and yet I see this narrative continually being pushed that nobody reported on it. Yes, we should blame people for pushing such an easily debunked conspiracy theory. The reality is that we live in the social media era, and nobody knew or cared about the derailment until some people screamed about a black cloud on a viral TikTok clip. People should be held to a bare minimum expectation to inform themselves properly before acting as if our government and media are horrendously corrupt. Examples of articles on mainstream sites reporting on the derailment soon after the event (some articles showed up on the front pages as well): https://www.reuters.com/world/us/train-derailment-causes-massive-fire-ohio-local-media-2023-02-04/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/train-derailment-causes-mas... https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-ohio-evacuations-fires-5d399dc745f51ef746e22828083d8591 https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-ohio-evacuations-fir... https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-train-derailment-causes-massive-fire-forces-village-evacuation https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-train-derailment-causes-mass... https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/04/us/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-fire https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/04/us/east-palestine-ohio-tr...
timeon 4y ago
> Can you blame anyone Yes I can. For moving the goal-post as well.

dpkirchner 4y ago

It's a conservative trope. They're hoping to paint us libruls opposed to chemical spills as hypocrites. They don't have a response do the specific points so they attack the reaction. It's lazy but that's conservatives (in the modern political sense of the term).