LondonBob Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 Was watching Telly last on BBC 2 and they showed a TV programme that made me more depressed than anything i had seen in a while. It was part of the "underground Britain" series on misfits in society and the programme centred on.... Tabloid Journalists!! It featured two no mark reporters who could only be described as complete moral black holes. One reporter was chasing a single mum on the possible chance that a Premiership football fathered the child when she was underage (this turned out to be untrue in the end). When asked what she could possible gain from having a jounralist rake through her past, he simply replied "I'm sure she would be getting some money for it if she co-operates. If she doen'st we'll expose her anyway!" The other tried to do an Expose on Hywell Bennett (he was in that 80's sitcom shelly and Eastenders as well). the Journalist took a picture of him simply off to the Pub and then turned it into a "TV Star now sad, pathetic drunk of a man". Again no of this was true! All this journo would say was "He's a celebrity ain't he? I bet he love the attention anyway"! At the end it made you want to stab them to death with a rusty spoon. Thank god the Shetland Times has reached this far yet!! Can anyone beat this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Big Brother is worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Para Handy Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Eastendarse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachmill Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 ITV news and Channel 4 weather - both are teh suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner72 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 I keen its been covered already, but da abysmal performance o da media ower last week wi dir desperation ta manufacture da racial issue centred aroond BB really shaws up whit dadays "news media" is. Ta hell wi wha might get hurt, ta hell wi da consequences (even if its international relations) an, most blatantly, ta hell wi da truth! Lits mak something up an caa it news! /rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 The moral bankruptcy of the British tabloid press is something most intelligent people should aware of, although I do find it depressing when I see otherwise nice enough folk buying the Sun or the daily mail. I've got friends who buy the Sun and I have to bite my tongue when I witness it. Of course, they claim it's for the sport, though surely their back page coverage can't be all that good? I've a relative who buys both papers every day and, although he's a decent bloke, I can tell that some of his "political opinions" have been coloured by those hate-filled rags, especially his views on immigration, which are less than liberal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner72 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 I always winder why someane wid want tae read aboot sport in a paper dey are happy tae accept dusna tell da truth aboot things dat actually metter.. Wan o da maist gluffin tendencies is da deviation o da TV news (referrin mainly tae both da BBC an Sky) towards da Tabloid route. Dis is been very obvious ower da last week obviously, but its still mair common ta see "celebrities" in da lead heedlines dan real fok wi real news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeMascus Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 The moral bankruptcy of the British tabloid press is something most intelligent people should aware of, although I do find it depressing when I see otherwise nice enough folk buying the Sun or the daily mail. I've got friends who buy the Sun and I have to bite my tongue when I witness it. Ally please don't bite your tongue, if I did, every time I saw one of my friend with one of these amoral, depraved, polluting, mentally deficient, iniquitous, unseemly, improper, licentious, atrocious, corrupt, nefarious, stultifying ignorant streaming piles of pish, I wouldn't have any tongue left. Luckily I don't really have that problem, because whenever I see one of these papers in the possession of one of my friends I ask nicely to read it. Once he/she is satisfied that I have assessed the quality of the publication, and are aware that I have an 'interest' in what they are reading. I then, starting at a slow pace, develop into a vituperative tirade about how their decision to purchase it is not only feeding money into a morally bankrupt section of society, but worse, is polluting what little consciousness they have left with misinformed, reactionary, sensationalist FILTH! I then calmly inform them that I would like to be friends with them, but if they continue to act in such a manner there is no way that I could. After this they usually stop buying the papers or stay away from me, both of which saves my tongue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Ah, DeMascus - the old me would have behaved in such a fashion. I used to constantly judge people on their political beliefs, actively ignoring anyone who wasn't socialist, atheist and heavily into Nirvana! To be honest, life is too short to be ditching people because they read the wrong papers. Besides, I've "converted" a few of my previously politically unaware friends through friendly pub discussion rather than angry rhetoric, which serves only to isolate and often reinforce the ill-founded views these publications spout (i.e. the 'loony left' etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I must admit, I have been alarmed by the BBC News's descent into tabloid, celebrity journalism in recent months. Particularly, Paul Mcartny's divorce (None of our/their business), Madonna's adoption (and subsequent interview on Newsnight, no less), Tom Cruise's wedding (who cares?), the whole BB thing (a real press 'feeding frenzy') and most recently, Naomi Campbell's prosecution for throwing her mobile phone at her housekeeper. On a day when dozens were killed in Iraq the last should never have even been mentioned. I think I'll have to drop them a line suggesting that they dedicate a 1/2 hour of News 24 to this crap then I can make a point of missing it. P.S I totally agree with the above posts about the British Gutter press, I wouldn't wipe my ass with the Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 To be honest, if you're ever caught in the paet hill and need to wipe your ass with something you'd find worse than the Sun to do it with! Heather for instance is a bit bristley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Inky Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 To be honest, if you're ever caught in the paet hill and need to wipe your ass with something you'd find worse than the Sun to do it with! Heather for instance is a bit bristley. I wouldn't recommend a wire brush, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 No, no, no, Trout, you are indeed completely wrong there, i'm sorry to say. Sphagnum moss is actually quite pleasant, erm, i'd imagine, and readily accessable on any paet hill. Shredding your own draars is also an option. The Sun is already at maximum crap saturation and therefore useless.......not to mention the paper cuts. ooh! 8O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I know of a guy who when in a situation at a club ripped out his brand new hoorin expensive combat pocket insides to wipe his ass with! It was only after he was jived about it that it became patently clear to him that had he taken his socks off and used them he'd have only been a couple of quid down rather as up under a hundred quid!! Neep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner72 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Lits face it, onybody dat wid spend mair dan a tenner on a pair o troosers most be mair dan a bit o a neep onywaye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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