Imagine still watching the news! Worse, imagine listening to the news on the radio. Imagine buying a newspaper. Incredible.
There was the same questioning of media seriousness when Peaches Geldof died. And any coverage of the royals brings out the moaners.
This isn't important. Kate Middleton is trivial.
Well, none of it is important! The news isn't important! It's all soap opera - you might enjoy it, but you can ignore all of it with no consequences whatsoever.
Newspapers are more useful than TV news as some of their content has the potential to affect how you live your life: the recipes; the gardening tips; the film reviews. That's the powerful stuff in any newspaper, you can safely junk the rest.
You might like football, celebrity and royalty, or iPhones, Mad Men and UK politics, it doesn't matter - it's all for fun. Knowing about any of these is a hobby, not a moral good.
Here is a nice recipe for slow-roast pork belly. There. I've given you more than a week of BBC News 24.
Good stuff. I've started my blog, but can I confirm that no one can find it by searching my name? Like employers.
ReplyDeleteWhat's your blog, dude? Can't find it on Google and your profile is safely private.
ReplyDeleteOk so it's countdowntowc2014inbrazil.blogspot.com - its the depressing book 12 coda to TUPNews
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