Reply With Quotewe have a tv station here in perth and the same two news readers have been there since nealy the opening of the station which was back in the 60's and i am sure the news is written by a playwright
OldBushie
I am getting mighty sick of exaggerated reporting by our nations reporters, news presenters and weatherpeople.
Very soon, they will run out of adjectives, verbs and superlatives to describe what are really normal or mildly exciting events.
Brisbane is about to enter a heatwave and upon hearing the words 'scorcher', 'set to sizzle' and 'sweltering', I found that the temp was actually only expected to reach 37!. Surely, more accurate desriptors would be 'hotter than usual', 'fairly hot', 'warmer than yo mamas booty' (well maybe not that one)
etc etc, saving the others for 40-45 plus.
When I hear news reporting like 'worst on record', 'the people are devastated', 'Australias worst (insert phenomenen here) ever' I just cringe for the reporter and exude hate for the autocue man.
For example, in the days following Katrina’s landfall, news reports described apocalyptic horror that the hurricane supposedly had unleashed: 'descended into anarchy as corpses lay abandoned in street medians, fights and fires broke out, cops turned in their badges and the governor declared war on looters who have made the city a menacing landscape of disorder and fear'.
I found this gem - 'bands of rapists going from block to block, people walking around in feces, dead bodies floating everywhere. And we know that sniper fire continues.'
Of course, five years on, we know that no shots were fired at rescue helicopters, there were no known child rape victims, no bodies stacked like logs, no bands of rapists going from block to block and no sharks plying the flood waters.
Breakfast television is just as bad. One of the morning shows, when promoting an appearance by Coldplay, described it as 'The Television Event of the Year'. Sheesh.
Just now, I read that the smoke haze over Brisbane is caused by a 'massive' grass fire on Bribie Is. I am sure the folk of Tassie could trump our 'massive' with their 'super gi-normous mega massive' fire.
Anyway I have rabbited on enough.
Just watch any of the commercial news and current affairs programs to be treated to an orgy of over the top superlatives and descriptors.
Rant over, enjoy the news.
Ralph
Last edited by Ralph1Malph; 9th January 2013 at 07:56 AM. Reason: More exaggeration!
we have a tv station here in perth and the same two news readers have been there since nealy the opening of the station which was back in the 60's and i am sure the news is written by a playwright
ForumSage
Of course the 'commercial' news has become pseudo entertainment...you only have to watch fox news to see what our commercial channels aspire to.
I was amused the other day when it was over 40 degrees down here. Small grass fire near Dandenong was the only local serious fire. No one injured, lost one shed, a beer fridge, a trampoline, 30 metres of fencing and a couple of hectares of grass.
Yeah sure it could have been worse ......but it wasn't.
Helicopters, numerous crosses "live from the scene" and occupied the first 5 minutes of the news.
One Merc post away from being banned...
My pet peeve is reporters who routinely refer to something that was totally destroyed as "decimated" when decimate actually means only a tenth of it was destroyed.
Super Moderator
Trouble is once a small event has been exaggerated how do you then describe a large one? It snowballs from there.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
OldBushie
You can't . Unless you invent better superlatives or get a prettier presenter.Originally Posted by V8Ian
Swaggie
News readers and editors feed the information in the way that the majority of people like. It is following marketing studies.
The same thing applies to the articles in Woman's Weekly, Woman's Day etc.
Craps, gossips, invading privacy, etc is what the readers want and that it is what they get.
Remember when Ita Buttrose stopped being active in publications like Cleo, Woman's Weekly, etc and funded a reasonable informative woman's magazine? she went broke.
Have a look the percentage of people that look the commercial TV news programs compared with ABC and SBS. That will give you an idea of what the majority of the public want.
Is a reflection of the intelligence of the population?.....I live it up to you....
Rant over.............well for the moment
As Winston Churchill said, Not to read Newspapers is to be uninformed, to read Newspapers is to be misinformed!
We in Australia are further handicapped with such a mediocre media in all forms.
Swaggie
SubscriberSame with advertising. No-one has just a sale. It is always AMAZING or MEGA or Lowest EVER pricing, etc. Don't miss out......
Super Moderator & CA manager
SubscriberI'm glad this subject was bought up. I have been complaining mightily to SWMBO who is sick of me now and just says "why do you watch it then". She has a point...
If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.
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