Misinforming the public is the wrong thing do do.
[Update: More than two hours after its initial posting, Tuesday night, and thus into a new day at 12:15 a.m. Wednesday the story with the inaccurate headline is still up uncorrected, and is also on the big paper's NewsWatch index, to boot.]
The story calls what the state is planning as part of the Midwest High-Speed Rail system, and what could stop in Brookfield "light rail," when it is not.
This headline on the Tuesday night story is wrong:
"Crowd packs Brookfield City Hall for light-rail meeting."
Haven't we been talking about this for close to 15 years around here?
The story calls what the state is planning as part of the Midwest High-Speed Rail system, and what could stop in Brookfield "light rail," when it is not.
This headline on the Tuesday night story is wrong:
"Crowd packs Brookfield City Hall for light-rail meeting."
Haven't we been talking about this for close to 15 years around here?
Light rail, like a trolley, makes frequent stops, and serves local commuters, shoppers, visitors. And has been apparently so demonized by talk radio that headline writers think all rail systems are that awful light rail.
Heavy rail, like Amtrak, runs with larger cars and big engines, and travels between cities, cross-country.
Light rail is to heavy rail what a motorbike is to a Harley.
The story gets it right, so can I get a headline writer who will read the story and not pull "light rail" from somewhere else and slap it on the top of the story for posting, please?
[Further update, Wedmesday AM: the headline now says "high-speed rail. " Hooray!]
Heavy rail, like Amtrak, runs with larger cars and big engines, and travels between cities, cross-country.
Light rail is to heavy rail what a motorbike is to a Harley.
The story gets it right, so can I get a headline writer who will read the story and not pull "light rail" from somewhere else and slap it on the top of the story for posting, please?
[Further update, Wedmesday AM: the headline now says "high-speed rail. " Hooray!]
Good point.
ReplyDeleteBut it isn’t high-speed rail either, so you may want to be at least a bit sympathetic to the opponents.
Nice try.
ReplyDeleteThere is no excuse for calling Amtrak "light rail." That is just ignorant.
ReplyDeleteBy defintion it isn't high speed rail.
ReplyDeleteSo why do you keep claiming it is?
The speeds will vary between 79 and 110 mph.
ReplyDelete8o mi trip in 1.25 hrs= 64 mph average.
ReplyDeleteNot what I'd call high speed.
Big Toe: You have to look at this as a piece of a much larger, inter-connected system that will be upgraded as things progress.
ReplyDeleteYes, but today's article about Oconomowoc started with a headline calling the rail line light rail.
ReplyDeleteToo funny, really.