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General Comments: Driving me Maddie! (1575 words)
by thedevilinme - written on 12.03.08 (Very useful, 146 readings)
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In this ambiguous category I though I would talk about child abuse-the medias child abuse of reporting these stories based on social class... The biggest news story since Diana's death for me is the disappearance of Madeline McCann. The tabloid and printed press reveled in it; two attractive and photogenic middle-class doctors having their child abducted in sunny Portugal meant not only an intriguing news story but an expenses paid holiday in the Med. At one point the news anchors were coming live from the Algarve, Fiona Bruce looking even sexier with her deep brown skin and see through top fluttering in the Med breeze. What a woman! The nation was ...

Read yesterday's news. (209 words)
by tsong - written on 07.03.08 (Useful, 50 readings)
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Before TV and internet newspapers were very important in people's lives. This was the only way to find out news. Print media was king. Newspapers still are very important but the power of the newspaper columnists and editors is withering away. Obviously people want the latest news and this is provided by News Channels and internet sites. Newspapers have internet sites too. Some require registration some are free. When internet hit the world. People thought that is it for the newspapers. Who is going to buy them? This theory was wrong and people continue to purchase newspapers. All the newspapers have changed and offer more to the consumer. ...

General Comments: Worse than chuggers? The News nuisance on the streets of Lon ... (1425 words)
by clownfoot - written on 16.05.08 (Very useful, 254 readings)
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The Black Death, rats, dead orphans, sewage, the Luftwaffe; all have, at some point, swamped the streets of London with the feted aroma of death. All, however, have also been vanquished by the plucky little survivors of London Town thanks to innovations in medical science, the fire-starter of Pudding Lane, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Joseph Bazalgette and the Spitfire. Frankly, the place is indestructible. Even London's most recent plague has gone unceremoniously missing thanks to the hardiness of the average Londoner. The charity mugger (or chugger) was a highly prevalent creature that prowled the streets of London at the beginning of the twenty-first ...