Comments on: It’s a Grim World

By: Nia (being a killjoy)

Nia (being a killjoy) — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:28:42 +0000

They must have read your post. Our very own local Northern Ireland descends into its worst state for, well a while, and all we get on the front pages are pretty pictures of cricketers!

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 11:04:24 +0000

(I flexed my editorial muscles to change your angle brackets to curvy ones when I realised what you’d posted.)

Maybe I’ll have to rerun the exercise at somepoint – but next time I’ll fix a date and time in advance to try to stop any bias (and it’s oh-so-easy to be biased when you’ve got a point to make and are looking for the evidence!)

By: Nia

Nia — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:54:21 +0000

And I can pick and choose my headlines too.
At the moment on the top 3 on bbc we have:
Bush Praises New Iraqi Cabinet (hopeful)
Petrol Price Rises ‘Inevitable’ (grim)
Henman Reaches Semi-Finals (hopeful)

But then when I read the first one I did think it was a pointless headline. The Iraqi cabinet (for obvious reasons) haven’t done anything yet so it must just be general praise for who they are – and of course Bush will praise that because he (well, his minions) chose them! This is the trouble, so much of good news is just mundane non-news.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 31 May 2004 15:01:36 +0000

Bah! I could redo the list and include every section now, since the few semi-cheery ones from technology and entertainment have changed to two (separate) stories about piracy – but far be it for me to select my results to fit the conclusions…

By: Nia

Nia — Mon, 31 May 2004 12:58:13 +0000

You missed:
Why hundreds of people chase a rolling cheese down a hill
Cancer sufferer Jane completes cycle trek across Europe

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