I remember, Andrew, which is why I didn't go on and on about cr*ppy News
International :-)
I accept that the General Public wants infotainment, but we here are probably
not the GP (or would rather not be considered so). But if we do accept that,
we shouldn't get all huffy about a story which we know is probably only partly
true. Because if we do, we are pandering to the ghastly people who edit the
news. It's like people who watch soap operas and get wound up about this or
that character. Have you ever watched East Enders, for instance?
Chris
On 30 Jan 2010, at 10:01, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> My #1 son writes for The Times so I might get unreasonable about that
> instead? :-)
> Journalists are required to seek dramatic confrontation in a story,
> even when none exists. That's what we require of them - or we stop
> buying the paper. News implies novelty and most of us prefer
> infotainment to real and intelligent input. Fox and CNN are never
> going to go broke by underestimating the hunger of the public for
> movement and colour and bright, shiny things.
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