tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post8038127265956038395..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Old habitsA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-66164372240847192172011-09-30T21:13:49.289+01:002011-09-30T21:13:49.289+01:00JH - I don't think we'd bother with a TV n...JH - I don't think we'd bother with a TV now if we didn't already have one.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-27952736926127343652011-09-30T14:37:54.848+01:002011-09-30T14:37:54.848+01:00Not having a TV [my last one was stolen in Russia ...Not having a TV [my last one was stolen in Russia around 1997], I can well do without it and the internet has grown to the point where all the news services are fine. It's quick and immediate.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-79322263720875184792011-09-30T12:29:18.461+01:002011-09-30T12:29:18.461+01:00rogerh - a subtle way to kill off the retired tho...rogerh - a subtle way to kill off the retired though alcoholism? Well it's working with me.<br /><br />DD - only one more step to go then :)<br /><br />SV - I agree, I think there is a "reassure the viewers" angle to it. I wonder how old they are on average?A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-89070705242700646442011-09-30T11:43:02.414+01:002011-09-30T11:43:02.414+01:00I suspect it has something to do with reassuring t...I suspect it has something to do with reassuring the viewers. The pleasant illusion that a group of apparently intelligent people who know about economics and governance and suchlike are scanning the flow of events and letting us all know what might turn nasty.<br /><br />The recent proliferation of media and reflexivity has led to us realising that the news is subjective, biased, and mainly bullshit. I can't help wondering, however, whether major news broadcasters have actually got worse.<br /><br />Best recent example: the mighty Robert Peston praising that scamming fantasist who claimed to be a city trader. Delicious. All that opinionated gravitas about economics, politics, science, etc., and mostly it turns out to be a pile of piss.Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-76274273134693074352011-09-30T09:19:13.607+01:002011-09-30T09:19:13.607+01:00I rarely sit down to 'watch the news' as I...I rarely sit down to 'watch the news' as I used to. Instead I have Sky News running all day <i>but with the sound off</i>. Thus, I can keep half an eye on it as I pass by (in case WWIII breaks out without them telling me) and I can read the ticker-tape rather than listen to the waffle.David Duffhttp://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-28933282431132235492011-09-30T08:14:52.482+01:002011-09-30T08:14:52.482+01:00The News, a punctuation mark in an evening of dir...The News, a punctuation mark in an evening of dire television. A pointer as to whether to open another bottle or hang on till bedtime. On a typical evening one needs to be hammered until 8:30pm or later when there might just be an interlude between cook shows and chav contests. I wonder if this is a subtle way to kill off the retired though alcoholism?rogerhnoreply@blogger.com