Re: NJT More Media
Author: J
Date: 09-30-2016 - 11:07
fkrock Wrote:
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> You don't seem to realize that this is a slow news
> season. Radio and television news has a quota of
> time they must fill. The same with newspaper
> space. The result is that some stories get much
> more exposure than they would if more news events
> had happened that day.
It is not just the media.
Fox Business
Hoboken Crash: Pelosi Rips Congress For Delaying PTC Deadline
"“I don't think we should have extended the deadline. If you extend the deadline, stop the trains,” Pelosi said in response to the Hoboken incident, according to Fox News."
The dear thing doesn't understand that terminals won't be getting PTC and that stopping the commuter trains could be expected to have a bit of an impact on congestion and the economy. Stopping the freight trains would ....... I guess she thinks someone should be punished for not being able to implement a multi-billon dollar, mostly unfunded, system using technology like digital radios that didn't even exist when the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 was passed.