“The Burma Review”
Ok, so as i’m sure you know a massive cyclone hit the country of Burma on Saturday and so far the death count is in excess of 22,000. This is a terrible tragedy and one again mother nature has dicked us over.
This is the biggest news story of the week. It is. It Just is.
In this blog i will explore the front pages of the websites of the major newspapers in this country and see how the biggest disaster in years is being reported.
Today’s Top Headlines:
The Telegraph:
The Guardian:
Man killed in shoot-out with police
Oh dear.
The Cyclone is mentioned in one line of text stating:
Headlines that were bigger than the cyclone on the guardians front page:
Government to upgrade cannabis
That’s pretty annoying news. That’s it.
Keegan: Premier League is boring
Boring twat says something boring about something boring.
Music star Doherty released from jail
Pasty twat leaves jail.
Poor show Guardian. One guy gets shot in London? Football opinions? Junkie leaves prison?
More than 22,000 people have just been killed you fucking morons! i expected more from you.
The Daily Mail:
TomKat and the Beckhams turn on some old-fashioned glamour - but was it TOO old for Posh?
Clearly the biggest news at the moment is the Daily Mail if a newspaper for fucking cretins.
The Burma situation gets one line at least:
Burma cyclone: 10,000 wiped out in just ONE town as it is feared death toll will top 60,000
And the stories literally above it:
Radio presenter James Whale sacked - after urging listeners to vote for Boris Johnson
Radio presenter I’ve never heard of gets sacked from local station.
Howzat! Mr Loophole gets Freddy Flint-off a speeding charge
Some cricketer gets caught going fast in a car.
This is a really poor show from the daily mail but i never expected better from the racist, bias arseholes that read and write this devils shit rag.
The Daily Star:
SICK DAD MADE VICE GIRLS PLAY DEAD
Still running with out old friend Fritzl. Not too bad because this is a pretty fucked up story but still not equal to 22,000 lives.
Burma gets:
Nothing.
There isn’t a mention on the front page of the website for the largest natural disaster in years. Not one sentence.
Fuck the daily star. If you buy it you are not only a whore to this bullshit “celebrity killer” text they have created but a stain on my earth and worthless to the highest degree,
But here’s the real gold, with no mention of this massive emergency on the front page you would assume all of the other stories would have to be pretty top flight, right? Wrong.
Here are the stories deemed more important by the daily star with some rough translations for anyone who doesn’t know the people involved.
Angry Ian Wright wants Gary Lineker on TV’s Gladiators so he can watch him get “pummelled” by the show’s beefy stars.
Good yet idiotic ex footballer annoyed at crisp selling former footballer.
AMERICAN pop babe Ashlee Simpson has vowed not to follow in the footsteps of celeb casualties like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan.
Some pop star has said she wont end up like the other pop stars she is already like.
Dannii Minogue has revved up her feelings for “amazing” F1 ace Lewis Hamilton.
Sister of famous singer fancies very rich man who’s good in fast cars.
News?
Cunts.
The Mirror:
Exclusive video! Tourist Dies In Police Custody.
Although not be found in the “top stories” section, there is a video and a story about the cyclone a little further down the page. So not terrible but they still consider;
Mirror.co.uk top ten: Great British biscuits to beat the Oreo Invasion
more newsworthy.
Worst thing about that is as disgusting as i found the idea of that having a better spot than the burma disaster i still wanted to read it. Take that American biscuits.
The Sun:
22,000 killed by Burma cyclone
Not top story but much better than i thought they would do.
So in conclusion, most British newspapers are run by cretinous hunchbacks who when it comes to choosing what is news and what isn’t favour celebrity over emergency and national over international. we can can no longer let them defend themselves by claiming its to do with what will sell because the news isn’t about what will sell its about what’s important and what’s going on in the world.
Draw your own conclusions but as far as im concerned almost every major uk newspaper is completely fucked.
May 27, 2008 at 10:23 am
“Draw your own conclusions but as far as im concerned almost every major uk newspaper is completely fucked.”
Of this I have no doubt.
Iniquitous Over-The-Garden-Wall-Gossip-Journalism™ at best. At worst, a blight upon humanity.