Re: [Melb] Age story about Connex

[Peter Homann <phomann@spam.yourself.optushome.com.au>]

Daniel Bowen wrote:
> 
> "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> PANe5.135216$t91.1024583@news4.giganews.com">news:PANe5.135216$t91.1024583@news4.giganews.com...
> > "Andrew Box" <boxy@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> > joNe5.10282$4p3.76943@news-server.bigpond.net.au">news:joNe5.10282$4p3.76943@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > > I also heard about an "eight-car" train on 3aw this morning.  Umm, I
> dont
> > > think
> > > that an 8-car Comeng would fit onto most platforms as a 6-car Comeng can
> > > barely fit.
> > >
> > > I really think there motto should be, "Connex, we take you for a ride",
> > b/c
> > > they cant
> > > get basic facts correct.
> >
> > Who is to say it was Connex nd not The Age who got the facts wrong?
> 
> Well if 3AW also got it as 8 cars, maybe Connex did get it wrong. If that
> was the case, 3AW and The Age should have double-checked. I mean, anybody
> who catches trains more than occasionally knows there are no 8 car trains in
> Melbourne, so we couldn't possibly have a refurbished train that had 8 cars.
> And The Age's "transport reporter" should definitely know that kind of
> thing.
> 
> Daniel
> --
> Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> http://www.custard.net.au/bowen/daniel/

If the practice in Adelaide is copied here, 3AW probably just read the
article from The Age, reworded it a bit, and presented it.
Sometimes I've even heard "Advertiser" (Adelaide) articles read
verbatim!

Cheers.