Wednesday, 6 May 2020

Press to Depress


Let’s be blunt – British journalists are a pack of wankers. I’m sure there are odd exceptions to the rule, but most of them have shown themselves up as complete c***s of the first order.  I’ve actually heard a debate on one of the News channels about how untidy the government representatives making announcements look. Is the obsession with image so important that they think the Covid19 briefings should be done by immaculately turned-out politicians? Personally, I think the British public can see beyond the tiredness and hear the messages the experts are trying to get across, without being distracted by how their fringe looks. And the point is – they ARE experts. The people trying to trip them up and dissect their announcements to death are just pseudointellectual garbage-spewing pond scum.
And the MPs and specialists are being so NICE to them. It amazes me. I’d love to see an honest answer given one day. Like this, for example:
“I have a question. Isn’t it difficult for people to feel confident in your plan because they know there’s no exit strategy?”
“No, I think it’s difficult for the public to have confidence in us because they’re being constantly bombarded by broadcasters with misinformation, and when we do make a clear point it gets pulled apart and pissed on within minutes of its announcement by self-serving, responsibility-swerving people in TV studios. If everyone watched this announcement and ignored everything else, they’d feel more reliably informed and more optimistic.”
I also have an idea for a way to improve the morale of the public, and probably to help the NHS feel more supported at the same time. That hideous waste of a body called Laura who works for the BBC (I can’t even bring myself to acknowledge her full name) should be locked in the Tower of London with her hands stuck over her mouth. I think that would help improve EVERYBODY’s mood.

RC 6-5-20

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