Cheesewheel wrote:
I think this is the third in what is to be seven consecutive pro-cyclist articles at news.com in lieu of the motorist boganesque pathological animosity that they received (so much so, that the editors closed down comments on their relared facebook page) from originally doing an article in Bianchi's open letter.
I think it would be a mistake to label news.com or Newscorp as "anti-cyclist". When you read pro-cycling or anti-cycling articles, you are reading the opinions of the people who wrote them, rather than some master plan devised by the owners. I could be persuaded that Rupert Murdock might have dropped a few hints that he (for instance) doesn't like President Trump - there is at least one anti-Trump article per day on news.com, some of them straight out of cloud cuckooland! But let's not kid ourselves, cyclists are simply not important enough to merit an editorial policy, either for or against.
We are getting pro-cycling coverage at present because it is topical. We should all be doing what we can to ensure that it remains topical. There is an old adage that should resonate among cyclists -
the squeaky wheel gets the grease. We need to shower our elected representatives (federal and state) with letters demanding action, and we must not stop when our hurt begins to fade.
Maintain the rage as they say in the classics. I realize this particular expression has acquired a certain notoriety but it seems to suit the circumstances.