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By *ools and the brain OP   Couple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Obviously some really important news stuff over the past few years.

However it seems news outlets have become obsessed with BREAKING NEWS

Stories and running everything like it's the apocalypse.

This phenomenon seems to have started since 9/11

I can't really remember news being wall to wall before that with maybe the death of Princess Diana being the exception.

But these days it's like.

BREAKING NEWS!!

A celebrities dog has died.

It's beginning to trivialise actual really important content.

That's my opinion anyway dunno about you guys ?

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Probably because there are so many wall to wall news sources now with different channels and on social media.

They have to justify their existence and most of what they broadcast is filler.

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By *ukeM8519Man
over a year ago

Sandymount

Yes I’ve started to notice that more recently. Usually not breaking news.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ethel breaks silence on the situation!"

Click bait all the time.

Perhaps the intelligence of the masses has been reduced to needing everything in life to be like a soap opera.

U ok hun.

Inbox me!!!!

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By *instonandLadyAstorCouple
over a year ago

Not where we seem to be...

I remember a few years back, one of the redtops banner headline "Posh Spice paid £1 million not to sing on the Spice Girls tour"

The real story, she'd never agreed to do the tour and the £1 million she earned was her share of the merchandising.

Talk about making a non story into front page news.

The way media twists actual events to create a "story" beggars belief sometimes.

Winston

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Its all about hot takes these days its an american thing seems to be taking over the world

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham

I totally get where you're coming from. On social media I get quite a few 'breaking news' item with some very eye catching title, then when you read the full story it isn't even a worthy news story. I tend to scroll on past these days.

Ruby

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By *uffsandCropsCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

And when its Z list celebs, my face looks like this

Just like that exactly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just seeing about Sheeran and a court case.....

Surely there is more important things in the world than 2 "artists" egos

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Car passengers to be fined for using phones

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Trying to stretch 30mins news to cover 24hrs usually.

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By *bi HaiveMan
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Local news is often worse than national, particularly online.

'Somerset Live' on social media contains at least 75% stories about every other county than Somerset.

I know pretty much fuck all happens round here apart from accidents on the M5, but fuck me.....I really don't need to hear about Shaz from Scunthorpe sueing Sainsbury's (other supermarkets are available) because little Chesney found a spider in his grapes, or how Doris & Boris are unhappy because some northern council has changed their bin collection day.

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By *aysOfOurLivesCouple
over a year ago

Essex

The whole concept of rolling news is a broken format. 24hour news should be 15mins / headlines on the hour. then 5mins weather and travel for lower by 40mins of a broad range of news from global & regional good news stories and happenings.

I can handle being depressed for 15mins an hour but it’ll need 40mins to pick me back up again.

Virgin radio’s policy is “just don’t have any bad news”

- Russel Howard’s “good news”

- Trevor mcDermot’s “and finally”

They are all telling the news cops something. The news corps aren’t listening.

‘C’mon Aunty Beeb!!!

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By *instonandLadyAstorCouple
over a year ago

Not where we seem to be...

The only local newspaper I read is the Framley Examiner, only available online though.

Winston

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By *lceeWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

I work in media relations and my job is so much easier nowadays. A news cycle used to be 24-48 hours long. Now if there’s a negative story that runs about my org, it’s yesterday’s chip paper in a matter of mere hours.

Just don’t get me started on my antipathy towards vox pops. No, Sandra from Teeside, I don’t give a shit what you think about the National Insurance hike as you’re on your way to Iceland

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By *heRazorsEdgeMan
over a year ago

Wales/ All over UK


"I work in media relations and my job is so much easier nowadays. A news cycle used to be 24-48 hours long. Now if there’s a negative story that runs about my org, it’s yesterday’s chip paper in a matter of mere hours.

Just don’t get me started on my antipathy towards vox pops. No, Sandra from Teeside, I don’t give a shit what you think about the National Insurance hike as you’re on your way to Iceland "

Completely agree, the news channels are so desperate to get the “everyday view” from people that we’re often left with completely uninformed drivel from some random with a viewpoint…

Add this to the growing Disaster Porn type reporting where things have to be sensationalised and it’s no wonder that people give up on news altogether.

Unfortunately that’s when people start listening to social media for their information….

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By *isfits behaving badlyCouple
over a year ago

Coventry

It's all about the clicks baby.

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By *nimaginativeUsernameMan
over a year ago

Rochester, Kent

My local tv newsreader can barely read the autocue. It’s embarrassing, and I’ve complained about it.

Oddly, when he’s out on location he’s not too bad, but he doesn’t suit the studio.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Keep the general public feared, distracted and divided.

Then we miss the bigger picture.

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By *ilfCrumpet9Man
over a year ago

Wirral

The media create panic and chaos when that shouldn't be the case. And it's all to do with viewer ratings and selling papers. And the gullible ones fall for it every time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Unfortunately there are lots of words that are used so much frequency that we have become desensitised to the impact they should have

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