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Cycovision
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Take a look at this screenshot of the BBC News page's most popular stories:
What's wrong with it? Nothing really. Except that apparently, a story about Sharon Osbourne walking out of an X Factor show is obviously more worthy of a read than a report about people losing their lives.
The respective 'popularity' of these two stories and hence their relative positions on the list has, at the time of posting, remained the same for over four hours.
What on earth is happening to us, eh?
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Daedalus85
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Because, as horrifying as I'm sure it sounds, although death is not a nice subject, not everyone wants to read about it. I'm sure more people would tune in on a Saturday night to watch an entertaining show like The X-Factor than sit for an hour and be depressed about something that is yes very sad and very tragic but at the same time wholey depressing.
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Cycovision
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True. But it's hardly a responsible attitude to take, is it? Just shut your eyes and pretend it never happens...
Personally I can't think of anything more depressing than Sharon Osbourne and The X factor but that's a different story 
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procterdc
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I'd have thought the X Factor wouldn't even be on there, being an ITV program. But yes people dying is tragic and shouldn't be below it.
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Cycovision
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It's not just the fact that people are dying. This is the BBC News website, not the entertainment section, and the crisis on the Turkish border is something that could potentially effect just about all of us one way or another.
But not as much as Sharon can, so it seems
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TruffleHunterSnortBeast
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All it is stating is that isthe most read, so it isdown to whoevere is reading it and not the BBC, unless you would prefer that they "rig it" and list bogus hits. |
Cycovision
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I think people are missing the point...
Yes, it is the most read story. What I'm asking is, 'is it right that it's more read than something that is, in my view at least, a much more serious story?'
Of course I'm not suggesting that the BBC should rig it, ffs. Do you think I'm thick or something?
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TruffleHunterSnortBeast
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Lighten up, that was a light hearted dig at the BBC over it's phone rigging. |
Nanu
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@Cyco
Whilst I agree with the point you are trying to make, unfortunately your source isn't very reliable!
If you visit this page the graph shows that between 13:00 and 14:00 the Osbourne story was the most popular, but as news broke of the Turkey border crash that has been the most popular every hour since!!
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Nanu
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Cycovision
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Ah well, I am thick after all
Glad to see the true stats though 
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KingBooker5
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Because people of this generation are shallow minded and ignorant to even care about these poor people and whats going on in the world. All they care about is celeb gossib and who slept with Christiano Ronaldo the other night. Im so sick of papers like the sun and the mirror with nothing to talk about other then sex lives and celebs. Its a news paper not a bloody magazine, its supposed to inform you about what is going on in the world, but todays tabloids are about the show, although about the news papers is a bit of topic im still angry. If there is news on the papers and even on sime sites it is mostly biassed, made up and exxagerated by the media. Lets hope broad sheets still keep up there good reputation of NEWSPAPERS NOT CELEB PAPERS |
fatreg
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On 2007-10-21 20:45:32, KingBooker5 wrote:
Because people of this generation are shallow minded and ignorant to even care about these poor people and whats going on in the world. All they care about is celeb gossib and who slept with Christiano Ronaldo the other night.
That's a bit of a sweeping statement isn't it??
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KCC4
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@cycovision
Youre absolutely spot on, mate.
Our brains have been brainwashed by the dirty waters of media to be bothered with turkish guys dying... sad really... 
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KingBooker5
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On 2007-10-21 21:07:18, fatreg wrote:
On 2007-10-21 20:45:32, KingBooker5 wrote:
Because people of this generation are shallow minded and ignorant to even care about these poor people and whats going on in the world. All they care about is celeb gossib and who slept with Christiano Ronaldo the other night.
That's a bit of a sweeping statement isn't it??
Thats the sad reality mate, I remember walking into the supermarket and it had the so called newspapers up and on the top right of the Mirror in big righting, it was going on about some girl in a club talking about her night with Ronaldo. What sad geezer would want to read about some drunk kid sleeping with Ronaldo? |
OffLineR
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"Osbourne walking out of an X Factor" is back on the top again.
 Forever !!! |
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Posted: 2007-10-21 18:35
Forever !!!
