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BBC news about Carmont. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-53861668?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR3UxLsDzEjuGf3kuNXQx6kDjvGjpl0Gz4AfbA10MBHeljY9EtFoFEpPplA
Interesting. Nothing really wrong with the story but it's a revealing example of half full/half empty thinking. RAIB: the train was within the maximum permitted speed of 75mph"
BBC "had reached almost 73mph before it hit
Interesting. Nothing really wrong with the story but it's a revealing example of half full/half empty thinking. RAIB: the train was within the maximum permitted speed of 75mph"
BBC "had reached almost 73mph before it hit
a landslip." Words and nuance are important and this is a very good illustration. Maybe what it does betray is a tendency by general news subs to apply 'road thinking' to rail? Worded thus, there will be an inevitable tendency for readers to assume that the train was maybe
going too fast? Perhaps this was unintentional cos this is a good, solid news story that, btw, kills the nonsense I was quizzed about on C4 News that there was a delay in reporting. But let it be clear: Brett M did nothing wrong. He had no reason to believe the line was blocked.
