(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Legacy fake news media, whether out of apathy, cost-cutting or collusion, has roundly ignored what has been described as potentially America’s Chernobyl, as its coverage of the massive toxic train derailment and explosion in Ohio earlier this month has received near blackout coverage.
The mainstream media’s noticeable non-response mirrors what critics have derided as the Biden administration’s failure to address the situation with the level of attention and resources it deserves.
“Secretary Buttigieg seems awful late to this situation. He’s not addressing this issue,” Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., told Newsmax, speaking about Biden’s transportation chief.
Instead, he’s been busy grousing about alleged racial disparities in the transportation industry, Biggs said, a sentiment that was shared by Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance.
“They are focused more on whether we have too many white men in construction jobs than he is on the fundamentals of his job, which is ensuring we have a viable transportation infrastructure in this country,” Vance told Fox News.
“The problem we have is that we are ruled by unserious people who are worried about fake problems instead of the real fact that our country is falling apart in some of the most important ways.”
Important reminder that the CDC, NIH, Dr. Fauci and every vaccine mandate tyrant who screamed at you to “wear a mask!” so we can “STAY SAFE” are totally SILENT as children breathe in this black death.
The Karens never cared about your safety. They only cared about power.
Evil… https://t.co/38Jj1dfBxo pic.twitter.com/Hw22sz4gDi— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 14, 2023
Officials are still searching for an immediate cause of the derailment and busily trying to deflect blame for the ensuing so-called controlled release-and-burn of five rail cars that erupted into an explosion and released a mushroom cloud of toxins into the air.
Biggs accused the Biden administration of being AWOL from the scene.
“We need him on the ground,” he said of Buttigieg’s failure to visit East Palestine, the Ohio town where the disaster occurred.
“We need him there, talking about what they’re going to do to remediate this situation and investigate what happened so we can prevent this from happening again.”
This may be the greater environmental disaster in US history and…crickets. Apparently it’s ok to waste Taxpayer dollars on woke and weaponized issues, rather than things that actually improve our lives – like our rail system and infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/cIadM1utkR
— RepScottPerry (@RepScottPerry) February 14, 2023
“This administration is sweeping it under the rug,” Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., told Headline USA. “Obviously, it affects people in my state. They want to know what’s going on.”
The mainstream media’s near blackout coverage of the disaster ran in tandem with the administration’s weak response, according to NewsBusters, which reported that “the liberal broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) have completely moved on from the story.”
Despite ongoing impacts creating a blooming environmental and social disaster, with “widespread reports of chickens and fish dying, new chemicals discovered, pets falling ill, and residents complaining of health complications,” NewsBusters reported that legacy media has virtually ignored the story since government agents gave local residents permission to return to their homes.
ABC, CBS and NBC have spent less than 30 combined minutes since Feb. 8 covering the Norfolk Southern train derailment.
East Palestine, Ohio should be on the front page of every newspaper in America. pic.twitter.com/wDPcIoDOio
— Congressman Troy E. Nehls (@RepTroyNehls) February 14, 2023
There should be wall-to-wall media coverage of the disaster in Ohio, and pressure on the Biden admin. The fact that I’ve only seen actual footage of the site aftermath, toxic black clouds in the air, etc. on social media is ridiculous. Chomsky was so right on this one.
— killdang (@killdang1) February 14, 2023
On average, over 1,700 train derailments occur in the US per year.
It’s common.
The MASSIVE chemical fiasco happening now in Ohio affecting the WATER SUPPLY for MILLIONS… is far from common and barely getting the light of day.
Media droolery is one thing… government silence… https://t.co/TfblHH32MO
— Chanel Rion OAN (@ChanelRion) February 14, 2023
Not a single story on CNN’s homepage
Not a mention on Drudge
Journalists are getting arrested for investigating the Ohio train explosion and animals are dropping dead miles away
What the hell is going on in Ohio and why is the media not talking about it?! pic.twitter.com/pVQjbNsrXS
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) February 13, 2023
“This happened almost 2 weeks ago,” tweeted a concerned citizen. “2 weeks of this affecting citizens and yet its just now getting news coverage from either the left or the right… why is that? Why has this disaster taken so long to get attention? Should it have been a balloon to get noticed?”
Buttigieg, meanwhile, has offered little but tepid tweets trying to prove he still cares about the largely red state and its residents, assuring folks that his team is deep into its investigation of the disaster.
Continue to be, since when?
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) February 14, 2023
