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Seattle Times vs. Reality on Light Rail Danger
The story: A driver runs a red light into the path of an oncoming train. His car is destroyed and he sustains minor injuries.
The Seattle Times' version of the story: Sound Transit train "T-bones" car, injuring its driver, in "the third incident involving a test train in Rainier Valley" (a fact that's mentioned twice in the brief story).
Not mentioned: The fact that the driver made an illegal left turn; the fact that he drove directly into the path of an oncoming train; and the fact that police gave him a ticket for running a red light. By omitting major facts about the collision, the Times makes it sound as if the train somehow jumped the tracks and attacked the car—a take that's right in line with the Times' ongoing series of alarmist stories and op/eds about the supposed danger of light rail trains.
The Seattle Times' version of the story: Sound Transit train "T-bones" car, injuring its driver, in "the third incident involving a test train in Rainier Valley" (a fact that's mentioned twice in the brief story).
Not mentioned: The fact that the driver made an illegal left turn; the fact that he drove directly into the path of an oncoming train; and the fact that police gave him a ticket for running a red light. By omitting major facts about the collision, the Times makes it sound as if the train somehow jumped the tracks and attacked the car—a take that's right in line with the Times' ongoing series of alarmist stories and op/eds about the supposed danger of light rail trains.
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