The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century
The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16133154
Link to original Tweet: https://x.com/DavidZipper/status/1795048724021862898
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Media praising bikes - "Look see they work"
Media criticising bikes - "Huh, would you believe the media spin right?"
First of all, that makes sense, as if the media is saying two things that conflict with another, praise the one that is backed up by urban studies and the other IS spin
Second of all, a large section of media is paid ads in disguise.
I would recommend upping your media literacy as it helps you distinguish between spin and not spin.
I am extremely in favor of bikes over cars but this commenter actually makes a valid point. I have noticed extremely shitty riding behavior on ebikes and there is no hope of any legislation to curb that behavior until we talk about it.
In any case the tweet chose to not include any links to these articles.
Oh the media often goes both ways - in this case it appears that there are some issues that need resolving. Not everyone appreciates dodging bikes mounting the sidewalk, or doing an emergency stop when cyclists dismount the pavements without clear signaling - this is a problem for everyone but the person on the bike. Cars have their own issues, and those are widely covered.
While I very much agree every media story has "spin" (be it unwarranted cynicism or blind optimism), I am fairly certain it is the same on both sides of this issue.
Your point seems to be "all good things on bikes are backed up by studies, all bad things about bikes are big oil", and that is quite simply the best validation of my post you could ever give. Thank you.
Media praising bikes - “Look at all the benefits for humanity”
Media criticising bikes - “Car brain go vroom vroom vroom!”
FTFY.
Media praising bikes - “Bike brain goes brrring brrring!”
Media criticising bikes - “Car brain go vroom vroom vroom!”
Come now, let's be fair and open minded ;)
I'm just happy there's at least one thing I agree with this community about.