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Media coverage of the whale.
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Saw this and thought some of you guys might like it.
It did however make me wonder if the media does go too far. What do you think?
Was the story genuinely newsworthy, or was it just another trivial story that belonged at the end of the ten o'clock news bulletin?
It did however make me wonder if the media does go too far. What do you think?
Was the story genuinely newsworthy, or was it just another trivial story that belonged at the end of the ten o'clock news bulletin?
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that's quite funny.
I reckon that it was a trivial story that belonged at the end of news. "Whale swims somewhere". oOOO that's news. But, just like that horse that died a while back, millions of people seem to be obsessed for some reason.
:D
And of course it wasn't newsworthy. News 24 went into 24 / 7 whale watch, the gutterpress had double page spreads about it.
"Whale spotted in water!"
I'm glad it's dead.
That was hilarious though, "Early reports indicate that it may have been looking for a mate, and spotted John Prescott from about 3 miles away" - HAHA.
Far from the highlight of any news/writers career. Its time to quite.
LoL
Nothing. Not whales, not beans, not celebrities or any of that. You can be interested, but reporting on it for a week straight, and the sad people with nothing better to do than sit and watch it is just going overboard.
If people showed half the passion or just even payed half the attention for important stuff, as they did some whale that got lost, then i'm sure we could all make some sort of difference in helping to improve the world.
Basically, i'm saying peoples time shouldn't be occupied by whales, just like it shouldn't be fashion magazines, celebrities or reality TV, because when it comes down to it, we can all do something much more constructive and rewarding.
So yeah, i'm glad it's dead.
Here it is for you who haven't already seen it.
But yes, we are too pre-occupied with some trivial things. But when people feel so alienated in the political process, can we really blame them?
What a completely bone thing to say.
'The BBC is not responsible for fucking up whale rescues'
So does this not count as news then? Ok, the 24 hour coverage was ridiculous but it's 17 metre long whale in the Thames! That doesn't happen everyday. Should it be ignored because it hasn't happened abroad and it doesn't involve politics?
(I know what I mean,but I'm too lazy to find links or whatever)
Thank God I managed to sleep in on that day.
I loved the bit "Kind of like Diana's Funeral."
Totally ace.