Rail Points "Are Safe" - Says "The Sun" Newspaper.

Rail Points "Are Safe." This was a headline for a story in The Sun newspaper today (26/2/07). It's referring to the recent rail crash involving a Virgin train, which killed one person and injured many more. At the end of the story, The Sun asks the question, "Who do you blame for the rail crash? Virgin or Network Rail?"

The Sun printed this story before the investigation was completed. The headline implies that the points are OK, therefore the only conclusion left is that the train or the driver were at fault. Yet the investigation has since concluded that the points were in fact faulty, and that the Virgin train or the driver were in no way responsible for the accident. It's quite possible that the train driver and the train itself actually saved lives.

Therefore, I think the question The Sun asks shouldn't be "Who do you blame for the rail crash?" but instead should be, "Is it a coincidence that Rupert Murdoch who owns The Sun and owns Sky and is currently having a dispute with Virgin Media, should print a story implying that Virgin are responsible for the rail crash?"

Or perhaps the question should be, "How low will The Sun go?"

Or even better, "Do people actually believe the shit they print in this crappy newspaper?"

I for one, sincerely hope not.

Of course, tomorrow The Sun will rectify this by printing a tiny story hidden among a mass of adverts saying that actually the points were faulty.