We’re already working on our series of posts following last week’s PS Trust conference (we think we’ll start by discussing everybody’s favorite federal regulatory agency!). But there’s a holiday coming up, so we’re not sure how soon we’ll get to the first one. Meanwhile, some more papers have picked up the story of the construction delays on phase two of the Line 6B replacement, including the suspension over to our east that we mentioned last week. There’s this one and this one, for example.
And then there’s this one. If we had the energy, Joseph S. Pete’s article in the Times of Northwest Indiana (whatever happened to Lauri Harvey Keagle, who was doing such good work?) could easily be the basis of another of our “How Not to Write About Line 6B” posts. But to be honest, we haven’t got the energy; sometimes, it just feels too much like howling into the dark and empty wilderness. Suffice it to say that Pete did little more than type up a friendly Enbridge press release. Sigh.
Setting that aside, we just have one little question: aren’t any local reporters even remotely interested in asking the blatantly obvious question here about these delays? What environmental permits, specifically, has Enbridge not yet obtained and why have they not obtained them? Wouldn’t anybody covering this story think to ask that?
We’re trying to find out ourselves and will let you know if and when we learn anything.
I hope to find some time to write a decent report about this topic and my recent experiences with journalists. But, after speaking with reporters/newsmen on Enbridge issue, the main answer I have gotten is that they have no reason to question anyone from Enbridge. They say there is no reason to now simply believe whatever a spokesperson or press release from Enbridge says.
Even when landowners directly contradict Enbridge… still, there is no reason to look into the discrepancies.
So, the take home story is… most journalism is just entertainment these days, and it is easier to just repeat Enbridge press releases or show a clip of an Enbridge spokesperson than to do research on the truth behind the situation.
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