Episode 246 • • 39:08 - 45:03
246: Code for Biodiversity!
High-Speed Rail PR, Readers Digest Airline Hit Piece
The hosts claim the High-Speed Rail Association hired PR firm Hill & Knowlton to discredit air travel. They point to a Readers Digest cover story and a corresponding CNN interview with Peggy Northrup as evidence. They suggest the author, Michelle Crouch, may be related to a former defense official, Jack Crouch, and that the article's goal is to push travelers toward trains.