Ah, the media is in another shit storm this morning… and its all about whether Ian Thorpe is retiring. Is it just me? Am I being really too harsh, but cant this stuff be at the Sports section of the news and not the main and apparently only story of the day? Breakfast TV was full of it, the radio on the way to the station was a long discussion on the subject… Channel 7 had people reporting live from Thorpe’s house saying he had “left the house”… OMFG! He left his house!! Hold the presses!!
Look, the guy was a great swimmer and he’s probably going to pull the pin. He deserves his accolades and can enjoy the rest of his life doing whatever he wants (making Pearl Necklaces??) and good luck to him. Give him plaudits and sing his praises, but why does the media become focused on “one big story” every time. There is nothing wrong with moderation in our journalism… I am getting tired of each day being gazumped by one item that in the overall spectrum isn’t as big as they make it out to be.
What will be tomorrow’s story? Paris Hilton buys a new cat? Eddie McGuire says something unsavory about Bert Newton? That a sport star gets convicted of DUI? Perhaps I should run a sweep on what the “next big trivial thing” is…
2 comments:
Don't take this the wrong way mate...but if you are truly distressed by the "one big story" problem in the media (and I am sure history shows that it has ALWAYS been that way) then perhaps you should offer us, your dear readers, an alternative ;) Not only am I inundated with TomKat and Thorpedo...but then my main blogger is ranting on about it as well?!? How do I escape? ;)
The Aussie media thinks it's the biggest, most important world story of the day. And although at least two of us don't agree, I have a horrible feeling the celebrity-obsessed majority will agree with them. Tragic.
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