At Collapsed Pittsburgh Bridge, Biden's Infrastructure Push Gains New Urgency
We ran the numbers: There are 3178 news articles covering this topic. 46% (1471) are left leaning, 41% (1297) are center, and 13% (410) are right leaning.
On Friday, President Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh after a bridge collapsed in the city. While left-leaning articles highlight that the federal government’s data suggest that bridges in a condition equivalent to or worse than the collapsed one in Pittsburgh are fairly common, right-leaning articles highlight that Pittsburgh Public Safety confirmed on Twitter that three people have been transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that the federal government’s data suggest that bridges in a condition equivalent to or worse than the collapsed one in Pittsburgh are fairly common. More than 7,500 bridges in the 50 states and D.C. are both in poor condition and rated lower or the same on the four main measures of condition.
USA Today published a centrist article reporting that Biden spoke with local officials about what happened and sent a wider message to the country. Biden detoured to the site, a last-minute change from his pre-planned schedule.
A right-leaning article by Washington Examiner highlights that Pittsburgh Public Safety confirmed on Twitter that three people have been transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The collapse also caused a "massive gas leak."