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I am so irritated by the constant stream of crap tabloids pump into our mainstream of media, and the fact they dare to call themselves a NEWSpaper is beyond frustration.
Looking at the front of The Sun, which in strewn across the dining room table every evening, I can see the usual rubbish. "The good office guide sex party" which entails how to get a shag at your office christmas party. This is the sort of thing you would perhaps find in a 'lads mag' like FHM or Maxim, but not a mainstream paper.
Underneath is the headline "Our Hell" about that woman who is has been cleared of killing her kids. This is news but the generic basis is annoying. Whenever a person or persons have been through an ordeal it is "Our Hell" "Our Pain" "Our Vitriol" "Our [choose from list of words that mean the same thing]", however if the case had gone the other way and ruled them guilty the tabloids would use the other generic preset and the headline would be, "Plain Sick" "You Sickos" "Rot in hell you freaks" or something similar.
It seems Jonny Wilkinson has replaces David Beckham in the "Sports bloke we can write 6 pages about every day to fill room and include lots of pictures of him stretching" section. Yesterday the Rugby player had a minor car accident and we were faced with "Oh So Brave Jonny" "You poor little mite, let me rub your feet" headlines. He was especially commended because he was found training a few hours later, because he should have just sat down with a nice cup of tea for a few hours, or moved to Spain and tried to make it big over there. Whichever.
There are always the same pullouts inside which have Carol Smilee telling us to remortage our house, Carol Vordeman telling us we need a loan and some skinny bint telling us all we need to loose 10 stone on the "random surname" diet because it will make us happier. I'm happy as I am thank you very much.
The sport is mediocre and the politics coverage is laughable. I wouldnt consider myself to be a mastermind but I know that Ian Huntley is a bad man without the daily 3 page spread detailing why he is so nasty and lots of pictures with captions alone the lines of "look at him, you can FEEl the evil."
*end rant*
Looking at the front of The Sun, which in strewn across the dining room table every evening, I can see the usual rubbish. "The good office guide sex party" which entails how to get a shag at your office christmas party. This is the sort of thing you would perhaps find in a 'lads mag' like FHM or Maxim, but not a mainstream paper.
Underneath is the headline "Our Hell" about that woman who is has been cleared of killing her kids. This is news but the generic basis is annoying. Whenever a person or persons have been through an ordeal it is "Our Hell" "Our Pain" "Our Vitriol" "Our [choose from list of words that mean the same thing]", however if the case had gone the other way and ruled them guilty the tabloids would use the other generic preset and the headline would be, "Plain Sick" "You Sickos" "Rot in hell you freaks" or something similar.
It seems Jonny Wilkinson has replaces David Beckham in the "Sports bloke we can write 6 pages about every day to fill room and include lots of pictures of him stretching" section. Yesterday the Rugby player had a minor car accident and we were faced with "Oh So Brave Jonny" "You poor little mite, let me rub your feet" headlines. He was especially commended because he was found training a few hours later, because he should have just sat down with a nice cup of tea for a few hours, or moved to Spain and tried to make it big over there. Whichever.
There are always the same pullouts inside which have Carol Smilee telling us to remortage our house, Carol Vordeman telling us we need a loan and some skinny bint telling us all we need to loose 10 stone on the "random surname" diet because it will make us happier. I'm happy as I am thank you very much.
The sport is mediocre and the politics coverage is laughable. I wouldnt consider myself to be a mastermind but I know that Ian Huntley is a bad man without the daily 3 page spread detailing why he is so nasty and lots of pictures with captions alone the lines of "look at him, you can FEEl the evil."
*end rant*
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I agree with you wholeheartedly about tabloids.
In my view they are one of the main evils in our society. They publicly gossip and impose their opinions on the more suggestible of our society (which sadly is a majority). This is worrying. they have the power to make or break peoples careers (look at John Leslie) (or all these talentless w**kers from big brother), to imply things that aren't true, to sway opinion in general. And they are completetly irresponsible about it.
As an interesting programme on channel 4 the other night said : "Celebrities have become modern societies gods. In learning about how much weight Geri Halliwell has lost, or what brand of socks David Beckhams son wears, we are blanking our minds of far more important issues". i think that says it all. Some people are happy to bury their heads in the sand and worry about what lavatory paper posh uses, rather than how our humanitarian efforts are progressing abroad, or whether or not we are any closer to finding a vaccine for aids.
This aspect of society sickens me. I don't read 'news'papers usually, but if I do it's usually the express - not too long winded like the independent etc, but certainly not filled with crap like the sun, star or mirror.
In my view they are one of the main evils in our society. They publicly gossip and impose their opinions on the more suggestible of our society (which sadly is a majority). This is worrying. they have the power to make or break peoples careers (look at John Leslie) (or all these talentless w**kers from big brother), to imply things that aren't true, to sway opinion in general. And they are completetly irresponsible about it.
As an interesting programme on channel 4 the other night said : "Celebrities have become modern societies gods. In learning about how much weight Geri Halliwell has lost, or what brand of socks David Beckhams son wears, we are blanking our minds of far more important issues". i think that says it all. Some people are happy to bury their heads in the sand and worry about what lavatory paper posh uses, rather than how our humanitarian efforts are progressing abroad, or whether or not we are any closer to finding a vaccine for aids.
This aspect of society sickens me. I don't read 'news'papers usually, but if I do it's usually the express - not too long winded like the independent etc, but certainly not filled with crap like the sun, star or mirror.
Yeah, and I remember a while ago, the day after Frank Bruno had been institutionalised, the had a headline "BONKERS BRUNO", or near enough.
Idiots.
Idiots.
That's why the well informed read boradsheets, or look on their news sites on the internet. Although it is disheartening to see that more people read tabloids than broadsheets, which goes to show we really are a nation who wants to be dumb.
I am so irritated by the constant stream of crap tabloids pump into our mainstream of media, and the fact they dare to call themselves a NEWSpaper is beyond frustration.
Looking at the front of The Sun, which in strewn across the dining room table every evening, I can see the usual rubbish. "The good office guide sex party" which entails how to get a shag at your office christmas party. This is the sort of thing you would perhaps find in a 'lads mag' like FHM or Maxim, but not a mainstream paper.
Underneath is the headline "Our Hell" about that woman who is has been cleared of killing her kids. This is news but the generic basis is annoying. Whenever a person or persons have been through an ordeal it is "Our Hell" "Our Pain" "Our Vitriol" "Our [choose from list of words that mean the same thing]", however if the case had gone the other way and ruled them guilty the tabloids would use the other generic preset and the headline would be, "Plain Sick" "You Sickos" "Rot in hell you freaks" or something similar.
It seems Jonny Wilkinson has replaces David Beckham in the "Sports bloke we can write 6 pages about every day to fill room and include lots of pictures of him stretching" section. Yesterday the Rugby player had a minor car accident and we were faced with "Oh So Brave Jonny" "You poor little mite, let me rub your feet" headlines. He was especially commended because he was found training a few hours later, because he should have just sat down with a nice cup of tea for a few hours, or moved to Spain and tried to make it big over there. Whichever.
There are always the same pullouts inside which have Carol Smilee telling us to remortage our house, Carol Vordeman telling us we need a loan and some skinny bint telling us all we need to loose 10 stone on the "random surname" diet because it will make us happier. I'm happy as I am thank you very much.
The sport is mediocre and the politics coverage is laughable. I wouldnt consider myself to be a mastermind but I know that Ian Huntley is a bad man without the daily 3 page spread detailing why he is so nasty and lots of pictures with captions alone the lines of "look at him, you can FEEl the evil."
*end rant*
Looking at the front of The Sun, which in strewn across the dining room table every evening, I can see the usual rubbish. "The good office guide sex party" which entails how to get a shag at your office christmas party. This is the sort of thing you would perhaps find in a 'lads mag' like FHM or Maxim, but not a mainstream paper.
Underneath is the headline "Our Hell" about that woman who is has been cleared of killing her kids. This is news but the generic basis is annoying. Whenever a person or persons have been through an ordeal it is "Our Hell" "Our Pain" "Our Vitriol" "Our [choose from list of words that mean the same thing]", however if the case had gone the other way and ruled them guilty the tabloids would use the other generic preset and the headline would be, "Plain Sick" "You Sickos" "Rot in hell you freaks" or something similar.
It seems Jonny Wilkinson has replaces David Beckham in the "Sports bloke we can write 6 pages about every day to fill room and include lots of pictures of him stretching" section. Yesterday the Rugby player had a minor car accident and we were faced with "Oh So Brave Jonny" "You poor little mite, let me rub your feet" headlines. He was especially commended because he was found training a few hours later, because he should have just sat down with a nice cup of tea for a few hours, or moved to Spain and tried to make it big over there. Whichever.
There are always the same pullouts inside which have Carol Smilee telling us to remortage our house, Carol Vordeman telling us we need a loan and some skinny bint telling us all we need to loose 10 stone on the "random surname" diet because it will make us happier. I'm happy as I am thank you very much.
The sport is mediocre and the politics coverage is laughable. I wouldnt consider myself to be a mastermind but I know that Ian Huntley is a bad man without the daily 3 page spread detailing why he is so nasty and lots of pictures with captions alone the lines of "look at him, you can FEEl the evil."
*end rant*
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