‘Chernobyl 2.0’? Ohio Train Derailment Spurs Wild Speculation
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Jesus fucking christ. They haven't. All of mainstream media has been covering it since it happened.
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/04/us/train-derailment-fire-...
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/02/04/east-palest...
CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/04/us/east-palestine-ohio-train-...
AP News: https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-ohio-evacuations-fir...
NPR: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/06/1154760911/ohio-train-derailm...
Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ohio-carry-out-controlled-r...
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/04/blaze-from-50-...
CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-train-derailment-causes-bi...
ABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/US/train-derails-flames-ohio-causes-h...
USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/05/ohio-t...
CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/06/-controlled-chemical-release...
A simple Google search can show many, many other examples.
>Was the thought process that something like this, which is killing frogs and small animals at a rapid pace, could be easily covered up?
It wasn't covered up by anyone, anywhere, at any time, at all.
> What are these stupid "China balloon" and UFO distractions?
They aren't "distractions," they are other newsworthy events occurring simultaneously and in parallel to the train derailment story. The media didn't stop covering the train derailment in order to focus on the balloon story, rather it covered both, along with other stories unrelated to either, because the media is capable of covering more than one event at a time.
People are also capable of being aware of more than one event at a time. People who were following the balloon story were also aware of, and concerned about, the train derailment.
It just happens that the balloon story became more viral because it got wrapped up in the whole UAP/UFO thing. But that isn't a conspiracy by the media to distract from "the real story," either. It just happens to be more fun to talk about UFOs and Chinese espionage than an environmental disaster.
> Since Twitter is at least a degree less censored now, is this only just being covered now because news has leaked out to the "general populace"?
The general populace has been aware of the train derailment since it began, and the mainstream media has been covering it since it began. The story has not been censored, either by mainstream media or social media.
I was unable within my patience to find this information.
I finally got it from, of all things, the young Turks, something I watch maybe once every three months.
This returned abundant numbers of articles, and included a wikipedia note at the top of the page: "A freight train carrying vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether derailed along the Norfolk Southern Railway in East Palestine, Ohio, United States on February 3, 2023. Wikipedia" as well as the accordion lists of specific talking points, "What was the chemical that spilled in Ohio?" and "What chemicals are burning in Ohio?"
It could be the case that search engines did not yield good results for GP.
"what chemicals were spilled in the ohio train crash," meanwhile, brings up a page of relevant results on Google for me. Setting the custom range for the query from Feb. 3 (the date of the event) to two days afterwards still shows numerous relevant backdated results as well, including some from the stories I posted herein.
I don't know what to believe. On one hand, I looked into the official reports, the controlled combustion, and how the EPA is saying it's fine. On the other hand, my friend (who afaik had no pre-existing conditions) explained how he wasn't the only one there who thought he wasn't getting the full truth.
I didn't mean to imply there was a conspiracy to shut down news of this event. It was just annoying me how the event was not being given enough priority. Would you not say that the most important things for American news outlets to talk about are those events which directly affect the everyday lives of Americans? So why then does, for example npr and WaPo not put something like this at the top of the headlines? I saw NYT do so just a bit ago, so maybe it's a moot point.
I don't know, I'm just so tired of constantly being on guard and doubting what is and isn't the truth after these past 3 years now
Just read the nytimes article for example: a train crashed, people are worried, but officials say “so far, everything is good” - that's it. No reporters on the ground, no investigation, no discussion with local residents, no critical independent thought to be found. It literally ends with "Officials said the main concern on Saturday was the potential for poor air quality" - that's it, everyone, just some foul smell, go back to work! It is a blatant state propaganda mouthpiece and regurgitation, Pravda style.
> more fun to talk about UFOs and Chinese espionage than an environmental disaster.
Exactly right: news has become entertainment, not useful and actionable facts produced by intelligent reporters to inform the lower-intelligence public - this is the whole problem.