Philadelphia PA - In an editorial by The News of Delaware County regarding Philadelphia's SEPTA transit operation, it seems that the editorial writer is blind, deaf and dumb to what is occurring around him.
The writer calls on SEPTA to look at Chicago to see how to run a transit system. Excuse me while I laugh.
Is he referring to the same Chicago transit operation that is facing a multi-million dollar deficit? The same operation that was blasted in an audit for poor performance? The same operation that is under fire for totally filthy buses and rail vehicles? The same operation that is under fire for poor maintenance and poor handling of emergencies on the system?
Editorials such as the poorly written one in The News of Delaware County show how out of touch with reality today's newspaper editors are. They do no research before mouthing off and as in this example, make complete fools out of themselves.
Telling one screwed up transit system to look at and model itself after a transit system that is in worse shape is irresponsible. It shows why newspapers are dropping off circulation. You just can't believe what is said in them.
To the editorial writer of that fluff piece, you'd do your readership well if you stopped writing. Given that you had no clue what you were talking about, your only confusing people and giving them bad advice.
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