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[Ghost]

Hows about this head line.
Big earthquake in nz causes England to start sinking,
should make an interesting story.

[Nickbat]

..OK, so there was an 7.8 earthquake last week between Australia and New Zealand. Although it was New Zealand's biggest earthquake in 78 years, it caused only slight damage to buildings and property.

So, no-one dead or injured, where's the story? How can we turn that into a headline-buster? Wait, I know! How about claiming that New Zealand has moved closer to Australia as a result? Yep, that'll do it.  

Headline: Quake moves NZ towards Australia  
A massive earthquake last week has brought New Zealand closer to Australia, scientists say.

The 7.8 magnitude quake in the Tasman Sea has expanded New Zealand's South Island westwards by


wait for it....


hold your horses... 


about 30cm (12in).

But correspondents say that with more than 2,250km (1,400 miles) separating the countries, the narrowing will not exactly be visible.



Not exactly visible? No sh*t, Sherlock!!!

And to think people get paid for this... 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8162628.stm

[Nickbat]

Sorry. This thread is now the wrong way round, with the opening post following the first reply.

I deleted it, as I thought that maybe people would not understand the point i was making, which is that natural occurrences are no longer just accepted, as they would have been in the past, there has to be a Chicken Little...Sky is Falling angle to any event in the natural world.

With plate tectonics and vulcanism, all the worlds continents are wandering about, and have been for billions of years, but the way the BBC presented the article made it look like something to be alarmed about...which it isn't.

Once I saw that a reply had been posted, I reinstated the thread, thus it looks odd. Sorry, again. 

[Ghost]

No worrys mate. thought my laptop had gone dolalytap for a moment.
you are correct though, for normal geographical events that have occured since the world has existed they all make it sound like its never hapened before.

(look at me geographical events oooohhhh. Hope I spelt it correct)

[Nickbat]

No worrys mate. thought my laptop had gone dolalytap for a moment.
you are correct though, for normal geographical events that have occured since the world has existed they all make it sound like its never hapened before.

(look at me geographical events oooohhhh. Hope I spelt it correct)

Yep, you did!

I suppose I'm concerned about the youngsters (I have two little ones) and if I'm not careful they end up watching the news on the TV. I have to say that the news can have a very traumatic effect on young minds. My daughter, for example, is clearly worried about swine flu as she told me the other day that it can kill healthy people which, although it may strictly be true, the chances are very low. Nevertheless, as an 8 year old, she is clearly worried that she may die if she gets the flu. If she does get it, the worry will be an added problem.

On the geographical side, the kids these days get pumped full of "unprecedented events" in nature (which are often not unprecedented at all) and, if we're  not careful, we'll end up with a generation that is deeply traumatised and depressed, indeed possibly suicidal. That is not good at all.     

[Ghost]

I agree,
But unfortunatley it does not matter how much we try to keep them from hearing things like that, they will hear it in the school from friends and teachers. the only thing we can do is to try and explain the subject the best we can so they can understand it a little better.

[Dishevelled Den]

No worrys mate. thought my laptop had gone dolalytap for a moment.
you are correct though, for normal geographical events that have occured since the world has existed they all make it sound like its never hapened before.

(look at me geographical events oooohhhh. Hope I spelt it correct)

Yep, you did!

I suppose I'm concerned about the youngsters (I have two little ones) and if I'm not careful they end up watching the news on the TV. I have to say that the news can have a very traumatic effect on young minds. My daughter, for example, is clearly worried about swine flu as she told me the other day that it can kill healthy people which, although it may strictly be true, the chances are very low. Nevertheless, as an 8 year old, she is clearly worried that she may die if she gets the flu. If she does get it, the worry will be an added problem.

On the geographical side, the kids these days get pumped full of "unprecedented events" in nature (which are often not unprecedented at all) and, if we're  not careful, we'll end up with a generation that is deeply traumatised and depressed, indeed possibly suicidal. That is not good at all.     

.... oh I see, you mean entertainment tarted up as the well researched dissemination of factual events - they would never do that, would they? - just for ratings? - just to satisfy an ego or three?

I refuse to believe it! 

[Nickbat]

No worrys mate. thought my laptop had gone dolalytap for a moment.
you are correct though, for normal geographical events that have occured since the world has existed they all make it sound like its never hapened before.

(look at me geographical events oooohhhh. Hope I spelt it correct)

Yep, you did!

I suppose I'm concerned about the youngsters (I have two little ones) and if I'm not careful they end up watching the news on the TV. I have to say that the news can have a very traumatic effect on young minds. My daughter, for example, is clearly worried about swine flu as she told me the other day that it can kill healthy people which, although it may strictly be true, the chances are very low. Nevertheless, as an 8 year old, she is clearly worried that she may die if she gets the flu. If she does get it, the worry will be an added problem.

On the geographical side, the kids these days get pumped full of "unprecedented events" in nature (which are often not unprecedented at all) and, if we're  not careful, we'll end up with a generation that is deeply traumatised and depressed, indeed possibly suicidal. That is not good at all.     

.... oh I see, you mean entertainment tarted up as the well researched dissemination of factual events - they would never do that, would they? - just for ratings? - just to satisfy an ego or three?

I refuse to believe it! 

Excellent comment, Zulu! 

[Dishevelled Den]

No worrys mate. thought my laptop had gone dolalytap for a moment.
you are correct though, for normal geographical events that have occured since the world has existed they all make it sound like its never hapened before.

(look at me geographical events oooohhhh. Hope I spelt it correct)

Yep, you did!

I suppose I'm concerned about the youngsters (I have two little ones) and if I'm not careful they end up watching the news on the TV. I have to say that the news can have a very traumatic effect on young minds. My daughter, for example, is clearly worried about swine flu as she told me the other day that it can kill healthy people which, although it may strictly be true, the chances are very low. Nevertheless, as an 8 year old, she is clearly worried that she may die if she gets the flu. If she does get it, the worry will be an added problem.

On the geographical side, the kids these days get pumped full of "unprecedented events" in nature (which are often not unprecedented at all) and, if we're  not careful, we'll end up with a generation that is deeply traumatised and depressed, indeed possibly suicidal. That is not good at all.     

 ........in part, I suppose, to support the agenda behind touting climate change as being the new religion - so it follows that all impressionable minds require to be indoctrinated - and where better to start?

[STMO999]

When it comes down to it....everything is just a point of view.

The thing that annoys me most about the news is the predictions side of it. It is much more sensationalist to report that 65000 could die of swine flu than 3000 will probably die of swine flu.
There is always a nutter on hand to feed the BBC a load of tosh and, by God, dont they just love it.

[Dishevelled Den]

When it comes down to it....everything is just a point of view.

The thing that annoys me most about the news is the predictions side of it. It is much more sensationalist to report that 65000 could die of swine flu than 3000 will probably die of swine flu.
There is always a nutter on hand to feed the BBC a load of tosh and, by God, dont they just love it.

..........don't they just, STMO - it's manna for the Managing Editors


Seems nowadays that you have to take the reports from several sources, aggregate their content then apply the results against common sense.

[Kevin Wood]

........
And to think people get paid for this... 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8162628.stm

Disgusting, isn't it? They even neglected to mention that it's due to climate change. 

Kevin

[Nickbat]

........
And to think people get paid for this... 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8162628.stm

Disgusting, isn't it? They even neglected to mention that it's due to climate change. 

Kevin

Like the shrinking fish, Kevin?

http://noconsensus.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/climate-science-caught-lying/

 

[Chris_H]

When it comes down to it....everything is just a point of view.

The thing that annoys me most about the news is the predictions side of it. It is much more sensationalist to report that 65000 could die of swine flu than 3000 will probably die of swine flu.
There is always a nutter on hand to feed the BBC a load of tosh and, by God, dont they just love it.

That is a VERY interesting observation STMO since the weather "forecast" on TV mainly consists of factual statements about what has happened!

The common factor is "change for change's sake" resulting in "lost plot".

[STMO999]

When it comes down to it....everything is just a point of view.

The thing that annoys me most about the news is the predictions side of it. It is much more sensationalist to report that 65000 could die of swine flu than 3000 will probably die of swine flu.
There is always a nutter on hand to feed the BBC a load of tosh and, by God, dont they just love it.

That is a VERY interesting observation STMO since the weather "forecast" on TV mainly consists of factual statements about what has happened!

The common factor is "change for change's sake" resulting in "lost plot".

I said news. Didn't mention the weather forecast which is not strictly news.