Wednesday, August 03, 2005

News? That's news?

Last night I manged to tackle the dishes and finish cleaning the kitchen before heading to bed; at the same time Mrs G finished ironing our work clothes for today.

So this morning was so much less hassle; I got to watch the news while the missus prepared breakfast, a rare treat.
Usually I’d be morosely swabbing dishes or kicking the dog.

I discovered that the world beyond England’s border does not, in fact, exist.
Not according to Sky News, ITV or GMTV anyway.

Their top stories this morning? Some smelly student type who’s doing a Phd on Air Guitar, a mechanical breakdown on a bus, kids who are afraid to play outside in case they get kidnapped and other nonsense stories.

Then it was Johnny Suit’s chance to bore the living crap out of 90% of their viewers with the stock market report, followed by the weather report- this is in turn was the normal “lets try mention everything, that way we can’t be wrong” style of report.
“We could start off with some showers this morning, which may persist to the afternoon and could become heavier. We could see some sunny patches breaking through though; the temperature is likely to be in the early 20’s, possibly around 23” ...

And then? Then they went back to the newsdesk and started repeating the same stuff over again.

What happened to the news from the rest of the world? Yes, I know I can flip to CNN, but that’s not the point. I want to hear about the President Slobdickmabitch declaring war on Blotnyagaga in a comforting English accent.
I can’t understand why the UK news can’t cover stuff from around the globe? The only foreign news we get are titibits about yet another bomb going off in Baghdad (that’s more of a routine than news these days), Tony Blair being ignored at yet another international conference and the odd bulb headed child starving in the dirt somewhere in Africa.

The annoying part is the BBC & Sky websites are pretty good, but at 6:30 in the morning I’m in no mood to go hunch in front of the PC, balancing my eggs & toast on my knees whilst mousing away.
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Posted by Mark :: 11:49 :: 2 Comments:

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