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Comment by melted_cursor

5 hours ago

> The current government has been found to be cutting corners

Where do the articles mention that the current government has been cutting corners? In fact, they have increased the current investment plan on the Cercanías commuter railway network to more than 7,000 million euro, from 5.000 million that the previous government planned[1].

Now, this isn't to that the current political landscape is fine because ( as portrayed by the last articles ) is totally unacceptable, and of course that affects the rail network negatively.

[1]: https://maldita.es/malditateexplica/20231212/cercanias-madri...

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elnatro  4 hours ago

The Cercanías commuter railway network is in a state of disarray[1]. There has been a mismanagement of funds in the railway authority[2][3][4].

Maldita.es is founded by ex-employees of La Sexta, a TV channel known to be politically aligned with the socialist party (currently in the government).

[1]: https://www.vozpopuli.com/economia/la-carencia-de-repuestos-...

[2]: https://www.eldebate.com/espana/20250626/marido-pardo-vera-f...

[3]: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5729873/0/quien-es-isabel-p...

[4]: https://www.elespanol.com/espana/20250717/cese-discreto-alto...

  • Mordisquitos  4 hours ago

    > Maldita.es is founded by ex-employees of La Sexta, a TV channel known to be politically aligned with the socialist party (currently in the government).

    How does that relate to the Maldita.es article linked by GP commenter? The article starts by debunking a false claim that was made by a minister in the socialist government against the conservative regional government of Madrid.

  • melted_cursor  4 hours ago

    > Maldita.es is founded by ex-employees of La Sexta, a TV channel known to be politically aligned with the socialist party

    In this particular article they were fact-checking a wrong claim made by the socialist party, to me that shows that besides their alignment, they care about fact checking information. They also mention that the last three development plans were developed by PP ( People's party ) -- if they're aligned with the socialist party, why are they mentioning this and leave the socialist party "in a bad light"?

    In regard to the state of the railway network, I totally agree with what you mentioned. Thought corruption will inevitably occur and doesn't mean that the persons above are aware of it nor that the socialist party is intentionally cutting funds. Nonetheless, totally unacceptable.