Hack praises hack - Shocker!

This from Captain Deltic...

Hats off to Nigel Harris for achieving the difficult task of getting a positive message about railway safety into the Daily Telegraph letters column today.

Those who have tried will know that when it comes to railways most letter columns prefer Mr Irrational Greene-Ink to the measured views of professional observers.

UPDATE: This from a Mr I Greene-Ink

Dear Sir

Might I take the opportunity afforded by your blog to criticise the performance of the railways during the current inclem... (No. Ed)

How the media works...

Eye yesterday...

Torygraph today (actually tomorrow if you still pay for it).

Nice to see the Telegraph using credible sources.

How the media works...

This from The Journal...

IN PREPARATION for my meeting with Heidi Mottram, I searched on some railway industry internet forums to see what those in the sector thought of the woman who, until recently, headed Northern Rail, the provider of local rail services across the North.

I soon found an article on the “gossip” website Railway Eye, instructively headed: “Northumbrian Water’s gain, the railway’s loss.”...

Soon into our meeting, I tell Mottram about the glowing praise in the article.

She’s read it.

Just fancy that!

How the media works...

From...

Bitterwallet

to

Railway Eye

to

Her Majesty's Daily Telegraph

to

The Drudge Report

'Nuff said!