What a joke! Watching TV last night we had nothing but wall-to-wall journalists boring everyone (including themselves) stupid trying to fill long chunks of time with guff in between the announcement that the verdict on the Jackson trial had been reached, and the point where it was acutally made known to the world. we were treated to long tedious shots of the Jackson convoy as it made it's way from his home to the courtroom; endless bollox diatribes on the case and the people involved and the speculation on the impact of the verdict and impact of the trial on Michael's career (to say nothing of his mental state) and the decroations around the gates to his ranch and the media frenzy itself etc etc. All a huge waste of time and energy and of incredibly low news value.
With so many 24 hour news channels avialable to us, they are scrabbling for content, at all times steering well clear of any real in-depth analysis of any of it. And they ownder why the Internet is powering a huge boom in citizen journalism and community ownership and control of news.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
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