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Re: union pacific derailment
Author: Thad McKinney
Date: 07-30-2010 - 12:21

Having worked in the media for 49 years, I think I can give some insight.

The old example is given: Dog bites man...not news. Man bites dog...news. To you, John, who observed the derailment, it is indeed "news", but in that sparsely occupied area, it's not news to many people. Did you check a local or regional paper a day or two later? I would imagine it might have been reported there.

I've done my share of traveling in Northern California yet I have no idea where Lime is located. Had it happened in a better known, more populated area, and houses were destroyed such as in the Cajon Pass derailment, it would have been covered.

The media is not biased. They just want to publish things that will sell their newspapers.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  union pacific derailment John McGaugh 07-30-2010 - 07:48
  Re: union pacific derailment Northern Snoman 07-30-2010 - 09:19
  Re: union pacific derailment Thad McKinney 07-30-2010 - 12:21
  Re: union pacific derailment George Andrews 07-30-2010 - 12:27
  Re: union pacific derailment Sam Richards 07-30-2010 - 12:31
  Re: union pacific derailment smitty195 07-30-2010 - 13:16
  Re: union pacific derailment John McGaugh 07-30-2010 - 16:06
  Re: union pacific derailment Tabasco 07-30-2010 - 16:33
  Re: union pacific derailment Northern Snowman 07-30-2010 - 17:37
  Re: union pacific derailment Sam Richards 07-30-2010 - 16:36
  Re: union pacific derailment Bluesman 07-30-2010 - 21:29
  Re: union pacific derailment Michael Mahoney 07-31-2010 - 17:05
  Re: union pacific derailment smitty195 08-03-2010 - 14:14


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