Media hype trivialising Aussie flood deaths
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Ok, maybe it's just me who thinks it's trivialising the catastrophic nature of these events, but here's just a few examples from yesterday's all-day newscasts: 1. For starters, they said over 100 (I stopped counting) times that "people were anxious", "people were worried" and variations thereof. You fucking genius, I would never have known that had you not told me. Why do you keep telling me? Are you trying to make me worried, too? That's top class investigative journalism there:
Reporter: Sir, are you worried about flood damage?
Citizen: Yes, I am.
Reporter: There you have it folks widespread paranoia in the Sunshine State's south-east.2. Second, they keep saying how flooded Brisbane's CBD is. Well, I can tell you now, I just walked through the CBD, and there's no water there (yet). Sure, we may be in for a wet couple of days, but wait until then before you start saying my city is "sinking underwater before [your] very eyes". Every time they mention it, they show the footage of Toowoomba! What happened there was a tragedy, please don't trivialise it. 3. Our esteemed, yet unimpassioned bogan (US translation: hillbilly/white trash), of a PM, Julia Gillard spoke at a press conference about the floods. Speaking of the people missing due to the flooding in Toowoomba, she says "...we need to brace ourselves for the likelihood of more bad news." Less than a minute later in an uninterrupted live broadcast, they switch back to the news anchor-woman, who promptly states "Julia Gillard has told us that there definitely will be more deaths." Well, um, actually, no she didn't you fool. Stop trying to incite panic. 4. This is quite possibly the worst of all. During an explanation of the weather systems that are causing this torrential rain by the national weather man (apparently a fully qualified and experienced meteorologist *cough* bullshit *cough*), while pointing at dotted lines and arrows and telling all us retards what it actually means and in effect stating nothing more than we already knew (it's raining, congrats Sparky), he says: (brace yourself) "I'm just looking at this and wondering, well, what if a cyclone hits, you know?"
There is no evidence of a cyclone anywhere near Queensland, nor the makings of one. I could rant for hours about why he is worthy of, at least, public humiliation over this, but even my dog could read this and understand why he deserves to be slapped in the stocks. Is there some ulterior motive here? If so, I -
Ok, maybe it's just me who thinks it's trivialising the catastrophic nature of these events, but here's just a few examples from yesterday's all-day newscasts: 1. For starters, they said over 100 (I stopped counting) times that "people were anxious", "people were worried" and variations thereof. You fucking genius, I would never have known that had you not told me. Why do you keep telling me? Are you trying to make me worried, too? That's top class investigative journalism there:
Reporter: Sir, are you worried about flood damage?
Citizen: Yes, I am.
Reporter: There you have it folks widespread paranoia in the Sunshine State's south-east.2. Second, they keep saying how flooded Brisbane's CBD is. Well, I can tell you now, I just walked through the CBD, and there's no water there (yet). Sure, we may be in for a wet couple of days, but wait until then before you start saying my city is "sinking underwater before [your] very eyes". Every time they mention it, they show the footage of Toowoomba! What happened there was a tragedy, please don't trivialise it. 3. Our esteemed, yet unimpassioned bogan (US translation: hillbilly/white trash), of a PM, Julia Gillard spoke at a press conference about the floods. Speaking of the people missing due to the flooding in Toowoomba, she says "...we need to brace ourselves for the likelihood of more bad news." Less than a minute later in an uninterrupted live broadcast, they switch back to the news anchor-woman, who promptly states "Julia Gillard has told us that there definitely will be more deaths." Well, um, actually, no she didn't you fool. Stop trying to incite panic. 4. This is quite possibly the worst of all. During an explanation of the weather systems that are causing this torrential rain by the national weather man (apparently a fully qualified and experienced meteorologist *cough* bullshit *cough*), while pointing at dotted lines and arrows and telling all us retards what it actually means and in effect stating nothing more than we already knew (it's raining, congrats Sparky), he says: (brace yourself) "I'm just looking at this and wondering, well, what if a cyclone hits, you know?"
There is no evidence of a cyclone anywhere near Queensland, nor the makings of one. I could rant for hours about why he is worthy of, at least, public humiliation over this, but even my dog could read this and understand why he deserves to be slapped in the stocks. Is there some ulterior motive here? If so, I -
Ok, maybe it's just me who thinks it's trivialising the catastrophic nature of these events, but here's just a few examples from yesterday's all-day newscasts: 1. For starters, they said over 100 (I stopped counting) times that "people were anxious", "people were worried" and variations thereof. You fucking genius, I would never have known that had you not told me. Why do you keep telling me? Are you trying to make me worried, too? That's top class investigative journalism there:
Reporter: Sir, are you worried about flood damage?
Citizen: Yes, I am.
Reporter: There you have it folks widespread paranoia in the Sunshine State's south-east.2. Second, they keep saying how flooded Brisbane's CBD is. Well, I can tell you now, I just walked through the CBD, and there's no water there (yet). Sure, we may be in for a wet couple of days, but wait until then before you start saying my city is "sinking underwater before [your] very eyes". Every time they mention it, they show the footage of Toowoomba! What happened there was a tragedy, please don't trivialise it. 3. Our esteemed, yet unimpassioned bogan (US translation: hillbilly/white trash), of a PM, Julia Gillard spoke at a press conference about the floods. Speaking of the people missing due to the flooding in Toowoomba, she says "...we need to brace ourselves for the likelihood of more bad news." Less than a minute later in an uninterrupted live broadcast, they switch back to the news anchor-woman, who promptly states "Julia Gillard has told us that there definitely will be more deaths." Well, um, actually, no she didn't you fool. Stop trying to incite panic. 4. This is quite possibly the worst of all. During an explanation of the weather systems that are causing this torrential rain by the national weather man (apparently a fully qualified and experienced meteorologist *cough* bullshit *cough*), while pointing at dotted lines and arrows and telling all us retards what it actually means and in effect stating nothing more than we already knew (it's raining, congrats Sparky), he says: (brace yourself) "I'm just looking at this and wondering, well, what if a cyclone hits, you know?"
There is no evidence of a cyclone anywhere near Queensland, nor the makings of one. I could rant for hours about why he is worthy of, at least, public humiliation over this, but even my dog could read this and understand why he deserves to be slapped in the stocks. Is there some ulterior motive here? If so, IThis, I'm afraid, is what passes for much of the news these days. Have you ever noticed how they show a clip of someone speaking, but rather than let us hear the speaker, they have a newsperson voiceover with their interpretation of what the speaker is saying?
I must get a clever new signature for 2011.
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This, I'm afraid, is what passes for much of the news these days. Have you ever noticed how they show a clip of someone speaking, but rather than let us hear the speaker, they have a newsperson voiceover with their interpretation of what the speaker is saying?
I must get a clever new signature for 2011.
Just reminds me of Vicarious by Tool: Eye on the TV, 'Cause tragedy thrills me, Whatever flavour it happens to be like: "Killed by the husband" "Drowned by the ocean" "Shot by his own son" "She used a poison in his tea, and kissed him goodbye" That's my kind of story It's no fun 'til someone dies
I can't decide if it's sad that the media sensationalise this shit to the point of terrorism, or that this is the only thing that sells??!? -
Ok, maybe it's just me who thinks it's trivialising the catastrophic nature of these events, but here's just a few examples from yesterday's all-day newscasts: 1. For starters, they said over 100 (I stopped counting) times that "people were anxious", "people were worried" and variations thereof. You fucking genius, I would never have known that had you not told me. Why do you keep telling me? Are you trying to make me worried, too? That's top class investigative journalism there:
Reporter: Sir, are you worried about flood damage?
Citizen: Yes, I am.
Reporter: There you have it folks widespread paranoia in the Sunshine State's south-east.2. Second, they keep saying how flooded Brisbane's CBD is. Well, I can tell you now, I just walked through the CBD, and there's no water there (yet). Sure, we may be in for a wet couple of days, but wait until then before you start saying my city is "sinking underwater before [your] very eyes". Every time they mention it, they show the footage of Toowoomba! What happened there was a tragedy, please don't trivialise it. 3. Our esteemed, yet unimpassioned bogan (US translation: hillbilly/white trash), of a PM, Julia Gillard spoke at a press conference about the floods. Speaking of the people missing due to the flooding in Toowoomba, she says "...we need to brace ourselves for the likelihood of more bad news." Less than a minute later in an uninterrupted live broadcast, they switch back to the news anchor-woman, who promptly states "Julia Gillard has told us that there definitely will be more deaths." Well, um, actually, no she didn't you fool. Stop trying to incite panic. 4. This is quite possibly the worst of all. During an explanation of the weather systems that are causing this torrential rain by the national weather man (apparently a fully qualified and experienced meteorologist *cough* bullshit *cough*), while pointing at dotted lines and arrows and telling all us retards what it actually means and in effect stating nothing more than we already knew (it's raining, congrats Sparky), he says: (brace yourself) "I'm just looking at this and wondering, well, what if a cyclone hits, you know?"
There is no evidence of a cyclone anywhere near Queensland, nor the makings of one. I could rant for hours about why he is worthy of, at least, public humiliation over this, but even my dog could read this and understand why he deserves to be slapped in the stocks. Is there some ulterior motive here? If so, IIt's all down to rolling news. Years ago you got a couple of news broadcasts a day and they were full of actual news with little editorial or commentary. Now we have the news rolling every 15 minutes so they have to fill it with something and, most of the time, they fill it with complete drivel. besides, no one wants to hear good news.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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It's all down to rolling news. Years ago you got a couple of news broadcasts a day and they were full of actual news with little editorial or commentary. Now we have the news rolling every 15 minutes so they have to fill it with something and, most of the time, they fill it with complete drivel. besides, no one wants to hear good news.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
Some of the 24 hour news coverage of recent major events has been truly horrible. For the Cumbria shootings they had a reporter driving the rout the next day with an ex policeman casually chatting about what he would have been thinking at each point, what he did when, why he shot some and not others. Just making it up between themselves as they went along. The Chilean Miners they started off analysing each miner as they came up with a panel of experts in the studio, they knew bugger all about each man but tried to read something into every gesture, every action, every word. They soon realised that it was such an incredible story all they needed to do was name each man and then shut up and watch. And that woman whose body was found on Christmas Day in Bristol, I was in a pub with BBC 24 News on, and you could see the excitement they felt that the body had been found on Christmas Day because it made the story better. I haven't seen any of the coverage of the floods in Australia, but I can imagine much of what it is like. The main problem with 24 hour news coverage is that sometimes it is better to just shut the fuck up.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Ok, maybe it's just me who thinks it's trivialising the catastrophic nature of these events, but here's just a few examples from yesterday's all-day newscasts: 1. For starters, they said over 100 (I stopped counting) times that "people were anxious", "people were worried" and variations thereof. You fucking genius, I would never have known that had you not told me. Why do you keep telling me? Are you trying to make me worried, too? That's top class investigative journalism there:
Reporter: Sir, are you worried about flood damage?
Citizen: Yes, I am.
Reporter: There you have it folks widespread paranoia in the Sunshine State's south-east.2. Second, they keep saying how flooded Brisbane's CBD is. Well, I can tell you now, I just walked through the CBD, and there's no water there (yet). Sure, we may be in for a wet couple of days, but wait until then before you start saying my city is "sinking underwater before [your] very eyes". Every time they mention it, they show the footage of Toowoomba! What happened there was a tragedy, please don't trivialise it. 3. Our esteemed, yet unimpassioned bogan (US translation: hillbilly/white trash), of a PM, Julia Gillard spoke at a press conference about the floods. Speaking of the people missing due to the flooding in Toowoomba, she says "...we need to brace ourselves for the likelihood of more bad news." Less than a minute later in an uninterrupted live broadcast, they switch back to the news anchor-woman, who promptly states "Julia Gillard has told us that there definitely will be more deaths." Well, um, actually, no she didn't you fool. Stop trying to incite panic. 4. This is quite possibly the worst of all. During an explanation of the weather systems that are causing this torrential rain by the national weather man (apparently a fully qualified and experienced meteorologist *cough* bullshit *cough*), while pointing at dotted lines and arrows and telling all us retards what it actually means and in effect stating nothing more than we already knew (it's raining, congrats Sparky), he says: (brace yourself) "I'm just looking at this and wondering, well, what if a cyclone hits, you know?"
There is no evidence of a cyclone anywhere near Queensland, nor the makings of one. I could rant for hours about why he is worthy of, at least, public humiliation over this, but even my dog could read this and understand why he deserves to be slapped in the stocks. Is there some ulterior motive here? If so, IIsn't the media there owned by Rupert Murdoch?
That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_