14-01-2015 11:24 AM - edited 14-01-2015 11:26 AM
Listening to the news on the way to work this morning, 2 announcements made me wonder how the warrant news headlines.
India Bans Burning Cow Dung Near Taj Mahal
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-13/india-bans-burning-cow-dung-near-yellowing-taj-mahal/6015504
Apparently it turns the white marble yellow. Ok it's a valid concern but does it really warrant a news headline?
Dead Dolphin Found on Newcastle Beach
Thought to have been killed by shark.
(no link available)
Ok I know they have a cpl of Great Whites stalking the area, but...a news headline? Really?
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on 15-02-2015 12:45 AM
The point about news is that it is reported in newspapers and on television. It is a business and the objective of business is to make money.
At its basest level news is gossip (or if you can't accept that, news serves the purposes of gossip in our global village). So it is a mixture of things that are important (that is, things professional journalists think you should know) and things that are purely interesting. Man bites dog stories are not important, but people enjoy talking about these things so they are reported as news. And being so reported the stories become news.
on 14-01-2015 11:30 AM
"
Dead Dolphin Found on Newcastle Beach
Thought to have been killed by shark."
It appeals to the huggy fluffy brigade
80 percent is carp now that they try to pass off as news.
on 14-01-2015 12:22 PM
Bring on the huggy, fluffy, feel good stuff. Just for a break.
DEB
on 21-01-2015 09:27 AM
We all know what a sh*thead Sandilands is, so is that sort of headline really warranted?
on 21-01-2015 09:41 AM
on 21-01-2015 12:06 PM
Pope upsets German rabbit breeders
THE Pope's comment that Catholics don't have to breed "like rabbits" has caused offence - among Germany's rabbit breeders.
21-01-2015 12:18 PM - edited 21-01-2015 12:21 PM
on 21-01-2015 12:48 PM
14-02-2015 07:21 AM - edited 14-02-2015 07:22 AM
Chris Hemsworth's Wife Pokes Jellyfish
Sheesh
on 14-02-2015 09:59 AM