Hey i don’t mean to sound rude, but isn’t this the definition of “local news”? It isn’t a huge disaster involving many casualties or even injuries. Even the article states that the consequences are queues for local commuters so its very localized to one state not even America let alone the world, yes? I feel like this should be in the affected states/cities own community, not the world news one.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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Id say it effects the whole north east corridor which is a lot of people. It’s way more important than a mass shooting or something.
I wouldn’t say that a traffic accident without any casualties or injured which only causes commuter delays is “way more important” that a mass shooting where potentially there could be tens of victims no?
Also, still with the effect that you mention it seems like a minor-mid level news that, again, it probably doesn’t even affect the whole country. I still don’t see it as something that should be in worldnews. I'm open to input though I'm the first to accept that i am not the most knowledgeable about american stuff.
You’re right about the world news. People getting injured or dying wouldn't make it world news either. People dying doesn’t really matter. It just makes the news because it gets clicks/ratings because of the emotional response. You could wipe out any or even many small towns and it would have less effects on most peoples lives compared to this collapse though. This is the main road on the entire east coast. It will effect product shipments and mobility for millions.
Well for those not living in the United States This is world news to them, and consider I-95 is a major north and south expressway spanning I believe several states.
Agree with the other response that this is about as US centric/localized as could be. There are communities for that and they should be discussing this. Can we please have a corner of the fediverse to talk about world events, not just the United States?