Real News
December 14, 2009 on 3:49 pm | In Rants | 7 CommentsThere is a big shortage of real news.
Wait. That is a lie. What I actually mean to say is, there is a overbearing quantity of news which is a long way from newsworthy. By this, at the moment, I largely mean X-factor and Strictly Come Dancing evictions being posted on national news. Report on Copenhagen or something instead, something that actually is important at the moment. I couldn’t personally care less about who is winning [insert TV show here] and presumably those that do have either a) watched the show and know already, b) have friends who have told them or c) will find out when it is inevitably pushed into your face by radio presenters the next morning. When I am reading the news, especially on a respectable news channel such as the BBC or broadsheet papers, I want meaty, factual, important issues (including those taking place more than an inch beyond the border) rather than superficial commentaries on what is basically a soap opera. I have no quarrel with the shows themselves or people who watch them, but I do take issue with them consistently appearing in the top ten news items on the BBC news website.
Rant over.
No, today has not been a good day and I am ratty.
And I was pretty annoyed that No. 9 turned out to be 10% ITV, 90% Simon Cowell talking about X-factor.
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I would have liked more on Copenhagen. J did reassure me he wasn’t of the 900, which was a welcome text to receive, but come on people, big massive, important world conference on the single biggest issue in the world today!
Comment by Lucy — December 14, 2009 #
“big massive, important world conference on the single biggest issue in the world today!”
In Copenhagen? You know that saying about rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic?
8-)
Comment by Dickie — December 14, 2009 #
Dickie, you and I have had this conversation before, have we not?
:-P
Comment by Lucy — December 18, 2009 #
Uhm, not really sure tbh. Actually I don’t actually remember ever having conversed about it properly with anyone :-p
Comment by Dickie — December 18, 2009 #
OK well, when we meet up for that drink… :-P
Vis a vis rearranging deckkchairs on the Titanic, though, isn’t it worth the Pascal’s Wager?
Comment by Lucy — December 20, 2009 #
Way I see it, rearranging deckchairs at least acknowledges the Titanic is in need of something!
Comment by Callan — December 21, 2009 #
I’m not sure what you’re getting at with Pascal’s Wager?
Comment by Dickie — December 21, 2009 #