It’s a diplomatic escalation with global geopolitical ramifications. If you have any business or personal exposure to China, or anything in Southeast Asia, that’s directly relevant in a way lives in Ohio, unfortunately, are not.
Also, Ohio is out of immediate crisis. Now is the time for investigation and litigation. The train has derailed. Yet balloons may keep coming—that’s the drama one story has that the other lacks.
It's not like we can't point to a time when things were majorly screwed up in a way that didn't just go away quickly despite the news moving on (Flint says hello).
Absolutely. But the problem is slow, silent and lurking in the dark. (It's also safely localized.)
I'm not saying this issue deserve eyeballs. Just that there is no evidence of a scheme to suppress. The cold, dark reality is most Americans aren't interested in the long-term health of a 5,000-strong Ohio town from an accident in which nobody died, for which there is no partisan bogeyman to blame.
I'd still be more than a little concerned if I were nearby, though. And it doesn't usually take a partisan boogeyman to talk about better safety and prospects of environmental damage.
Part of the problem with that is usually exactly what you say: it really is too easy to ignore and it really shouldn't be.
... It sure as fuck isn't. You need to get more news sources than CNN and the EPA.
Is it? Sounds like an environmental crisis with serious ramifications
> The train has derailed. Yet balloons may keep coming
The balloons may keep coming - the environmental disasters are certain to keep coming.