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Stupid media misleading the public again, bad headlines and articles
Author: Reader RR
Date: 08-17-2022 - 19:19
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't even tie their shoelaces become journalists.
I've read several stories with the headline, "Railroaders offered 24% pay raise." In most of them you have to dig far into the story to learn that it's over 5 years. So most readers skim headlines and stories and think, "Wow, that's a big pay increase." When actually it doesn't keep up with inflation.
Most fail to give a proper explanation and context for the fatigue and attendance issues, just a sentence or two saying workers are tired of being on call 24/7 and have trouble getting time off. 98% of the public has no grasp of how actually bad it is compared to what they think when reading such sparse coverage of the problems.
[www.charlotteobserver.com]
[www.reuters.com]
Of course the RR's are happy to implement the PEB recs ASAP. That tells you the workers are getting a raw deal.
I've read several stories with the headline, "Railroaders offered 24% pay raise." In most of them you have to dig far into the story to learn that it's over 5 years. So most readers skim headlines and stories and think, "Wow, that's a big pay increase." When actually it doesn't keep up with inflation.
Most fail to give a proper explanation and context for the fatigue and attendance issues, just a sentence or two saying workers are tired of being on call 24/7 and have trouble getting time off. 98% of the public has no grasp of how actually bad it is compared to what they think when reading such sparse coverage of the problems.
[www.charlotteobserver.com]
[www.reuters.com]
Of course the RR's are happy to implement the PEB recs ASAP. That tells you the workers are getting a raw deal.
