A Tale of Two Bridges

[Corky Smeek]

Today's newspaper headlines are dominated by gleeful gloating about the fact the the Queensferry Crossing had to close yesterday because of ice falling from the structure onto the carriageway.

Quite apart from the raging hypocrisy of the MSM who would have gone equally crazy if the bridge hadn't been closed and an accident had occurred because of falling ice the behaviour of our media leaves a great deal to be desired.

Can anyone think of anywhere else in the world where the MSM talk down their country and its achievements as much as they do in Scotland?

We have a lot to be proud of in Scotland but the BritNat MSM seem to be on a crusade to denigrate every achievement for fear that we might just realise how capable we actually are.

At roughly the same time, of course, Boris' bridge over the Irish Sea get loads of favourable coverage.

[Fulmar]

Well, the BBC are at least not guilty of it as have just read the report and it is entirely without gloating and very informative and highlights the fact that the great new bridge in fact should not need to be closed due to high winds as it has been fitted with special baffle structures. The 'not needing to be closed due to wind' was the claim made for it by the designers so if some newspapers got it wrong then more fool them. The BBC report highlights the set of circumstances that prevailed which caused the ice problem (and that it has happened before) and that it is a problem with bridges in many other countries.The old bridge often had to be closed due to high winds and this one doesn't and it looks fantastic as well.

[Corky Smeek]

Have look at this page on the BBC's website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38598155

That is not an unbiased headline. The story behind the headline is fair, I grant you but the headline is not.

[Fulmar]

Was this title given to the bridge by the media when it opened? Was it hailed as 'the bridge that should never close'? I don't know- can't remember- but if it was then that might explain it being used now?

[Corky Smeek]

Was this title given to the bridge by the media when it opened? Was it hailed as 'the bridge that should never close'? I don't know- can't remember- but if it was then that might explain it being used now?

I don't remember it ever being called that so I can't throw any light on the matter. Being the cynical, BritNatophobe that I am I wouldn't be surprised to learn that if it ever was called that, the original sentence may have read, 'the bridge that should never close due to high winds'. Remove the last 4 words and you have a headline.

[Fulmar]

Moral is one should do more than just read the headlines! I have found out more about that bridge than I ever knew before anyway.