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Tag: media foul
Business
The difference between passionate speech and the truth
Passion is great, but the truth is often found far from it: The sleep apnea rulemaking being shelved does not mean a truck driver is now âmore likelyâ to be nodding off behind the wheel, as noted a former Federal Railroad Administration official on CBS news.
August 9, 2017
Business
Notes on civility
âThis isnât one of those New York Times pieces about âhow sad and awful it is to be a trucker.â ⌠There are a lot of very positive people in this industry, and on Earth as a whole, you just have to seek them out sometimes. And when you do find them, emulate them.â
June 2, 2017
Channel 19
âIrresponsibleâ use of data â it happens day in, day out
Jumping to a conclusion that speed limiters are the driving force behind reductions in crashes without considering other factors is, well, irresponsible indeed.
September 8, 2016
Business
Sheâs taking all the torque she can, Jim. Weâre at critical mass.
Have you ever read something âso terrible you just canât imagine a real human being pieced it together and hope that someone has an imminently evil computer program to stitch together an AP article about trucking?â Plenty examples this week âŚ
September 7, 2016
Business
Lawyers are more dangerous on any day ending in âYâ
In which Wendy responds to a Texas lawyer who, with the help of the Dallas Morning News, âasserts that most everyone who took the past three days off is now back on the road, driving illegally to make up for lost time.â âŚ
June 10, 2016
Business
An open letter to one-horse news
Holiday sweeps: when every one-horse news rag in America promises to show viewers something they "absolutely will not believe" is happening on their highways.
November 20, 2015
Business
Time to re-regulate the filthy lies
Says Overdrive's Wendy Parker: "It makes my brain hurt to swim in such a swirling abyss of nonsense."
October 15, 2015
Business
Data isnât real, even on Star Trek
âA plumber canât tell a lawyer how to do his job any better than that same lawyer can tell a trucker how to do theirs.â
August 26, 2015
Voices
Voices on NYTâs âTrucks are killing usâ column: Readers respond, ATA says column riddled with âfalsehoodsâ
âWhy waste print to tell so many lies, when you can actually help the issues that truly affect the entire line of all phases of transportation?â âMatt Whitelaw on the âTrucks Are Killing Usâ op-ed
August 25, 2015
Business
Get it right, Howard
Wendy on former Transport Topics editor Howard Abramsonâs recent âTrucks are killing usâ editorial: âHighway safety canât be delegated to one group only, and lack of it canât be faulted to just one.â
August 23, 2015
Business
All hail Brooks
When a media foul results in a salute. A Columbus journalist gets one right in the wake of his âReckless Rigsâ initial report.
March 1, 2015
Parking
Actual news? Or a desperate grab for attention âŚ
âI used to get mad and fire back, but thereâs not enough time in the day anymore. We will always have to deal with haters â itâs best to just pat them on the head, maybe throw them a little attention bone,â and get on with it.
February 22, 2015
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