News?
As a newspaper man I have always been intrigued by news. What it is and what makes it so absorbing.
But after all these years I have lost that thrill of it, the newspaper headlines and broadcasting’s minute by minute ‘breaking news’.
The reason? We are being swamped by it, an avalanche of facts, rumours, scares and, worst of all, untruths.
And everyone is at it. Endlessly. With the pandemic obsession fading there are new nonstop subjects, the latest, the Ukraine, Brexit and royalty
Just look at some of the headlines….
‘Russia’s false flag and a whiff of Munich’. One for the historians
‘Charles and Camilla to be crowned side by side’. Fascinating?
‘Harry bombshell fo Queen Camilla.’You don’t say!
Coming soon… Brexit big wins for Britain. Make believe.
‘Met boss must be robust on culture change…Khan’. Blindingly obvious.
So much churned out rubbish. Certainly not news.
How I wish for the old days when reporting was more basic, but at least more realistic.
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