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Old April 25th 11, 11:50 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default What does it take to be a Transport Correspondent?

On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:51:02 -0700 (PDT)
martin wrote:
"Huge sections of London's transport system will shut down over the
four-day Easter break, it emerged today."

Er, no, it didn't emerge on Thursday. It probably emerged weeks, if


When journos say "it emerged today" what they actually mean is "I just heard
about it today when my sub editor told me to look into it".

That said, it doesn't make LU's **** poor planned works schedule look any
better.

B2003