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Made in be
Arch Magos w/ 4 Meg of RAM






In the Wasteland

lately, I was watching the news.... No a big deal but....

...The headline was: 'Jos Verstraten raised his middle-finger to his fellow man'.

And then we get a 5 minute report about why, how, and to who That Jos feller raised his middle-finger to.

This is just too interesting to put into the daily news broadcast. (sarcasm)

Any others here on dakka being annoyed with nonsense news report? Or is that just something we Belgians just do?

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Made in au
Lady of the Lake






Nope all TV news is like this. They think that by sensationalising every little thing that people may show the slightest interest in will help them compete with things like Spongebob, video games and the internet.

   
Made in be
Arch Magos w/ 4 Meg of RAM






In the Wasteland

^
'nuff said.

(spongebob good one ha)

yes but this one is the stupidest I ever saw. All the rest just seemedto fot more into the news.



 
   
Made in us
Foul Dwimmerlaik






Minneapolis, MN

Scrazza wrote:lAny others here on dakka being annoyed with nonsense news report?


Yep.

   
Made in jp
[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer






Somewhere in south-central England.

A few headlines from today's The Metro.

Unbearable likeness of Bean
A story about a Mr Bean lookalike.

'Virtual' mother's house of horrors
A woman had a breakdown and played Small Worlds on Facebook obsessively.

'Fast frozen' sperm in IVF hope
Men with low fertility could benefit from a new rapid-freeze technique.

Jet bin baby found alive
An airliner arrived in the Philipines and a newborn baby was found in the rubbish bin.

Darcy the most classy
Colin Firth has been named Britain's best looking bloke. He played Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice.

Five shot dead over 'cold eggs'
A US trailer park husband flipped when his wife served his breakfast cold.

I've wheelie bin upset about this rescue fuss
A pensioner rowed out to sea to recover his wheelie bin, which had been swept away by a freak wave. His dinghy got into trouble so he called up the lifeboat on his mobile phone. They rescued him and his bin.

My Whopper of a baby girl
A woman gave birth in the car park of a Burger King. The baby is 4.1Kg.





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Made in be
Arch Magos w/ 4 Meg of RAM






In the Wasteland

yeah but that has some news value to it hasn't it? An old guy raising his middle finger just doesn't belong in the news.

You can't kinda compare the kid who got banned from the US with an old guy raising his finger can you.

It's important to know wether you get banned from the US for e-mailing bad things to the president.



 
   
Made in us
The Last Chancer Who Survived





Norristown, PA

this is why all news but the weather report is a waste of your time.

 
   
Made in be
Arch Magos w/ 4 Meg of RAM






In the Wasteland

@killkrazy: most of the things you posted sound like they Do belong in the sensational news. I do say MOST of it.



 
   
Made in nl
Reliable Krootox





They have a program in Holland called Hart van Nederland. This is how it went one night.

-Protests against Geert Wilders' 9/11 speech
-Transavia airliner had to take an emergency landing
-73 people killed in crashed bus.

And then:

-A couple of lucky citizens can visit their 63m town church when it's actually being renovated!

I turned the TV off in awe and confusion. I looked a bit like the guy on my avatar.
   
Made in jp
[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer






Somewhere in south-central England.

That's one hell of a bus crash.

I'm writing a load of fiction. My latest story starts here... This is the index of all the stories...

We're not very big on official rules. Rules lead to people looking for loopholes. What's here is about it. 
   
 
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