Kobe who?
27 January 2020, 08:34 PM
#1
Kobe who?
I’ve never heard of him
Nobody in the family have heard of him
My friends don’t know who he is
Nor does anyone at work.
Yet it was headline news on the BBC, on every radio bulletin and front pages of the press!
No disrespect intended, and maybe I’m missing something more obvious to others, but I wonder why the UK media thought that a US basketball player was to be the more dominant headline over British affairs. I mean if say, Frank Lampard had died in similar tragic circumstances, would the US media reciprocate? I doubt it
Nobody in the family have heard of him
My friends don’t know who he is
Nor does anyone at work.
Yet it was headline news on the BBC, on every radio bulletin and front pages of the press!
No disrespect intended, and maybe I’m missing something more obvious to others, but I wonder why the UK media thought that a US basketball player was to be the more dominant headline over British affairs. I mean if say, Frank Lampard had died in similar tragic circumstances, would the US media reciprocate? I doubt it
27 January 2020, 10:01 PM
#4
Scooby Senior
I'd heard the name but couldn't of picked him out in a lineup and wouldn't know what American only sport he played! News coverage does seem to be a bit disproportionate for someone who is pretty much unknown outside the US, particularly on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz where the remembrance event wasn't attended by a single British politician!
27 January 2020, 10:29 PM
#5
I'd heard the name but couldn't of picked him out in a lineup and wouldn't know what American only sport he played! News coverage does seem to be a bit disproportionate for someone who is pretty much unknown outside the US, particularly on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz where the remembrance event wasn't attended by a single British politician!
28 January 2020, 08:45 AM
#6
Tragic, but no more tragic than any other 40 something year old who dies in a crash with their child and friends, why make such a fuss? He hadn't won a Nobel prize, he just played basketball!
On a side note, a lot of famous / rich people seem to come a cropper in helicopters, maybe they should switch transport!
On a side note, a lot of famous / rich people seem to come a cropper in helicopters, maybe they should switch transport!
28 January 2020, 08:58 AM
#7
Well the old joke that ‘Helicopters don’t fly, they beat the air into submission’ probably rings true.
I always seem to marvel at those XR protesters that hate jet aircraft/air travel, yet they pay little/no attention to the police helicopter hovering over them when these are the most inefficient and polluting forms of air transport, but hey ho that’s another subject.
I always seem to marvel at those XR protesters that hate jet aircraft/air travel, yet they pay little/no attention to the police helicopter hovering over them when these are the most inefficient and polluting forms of air transport, but hey ho that’s another subject.
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28 January 2020, 12:56 PM
#9
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I’ve never heard of him
Nobody in the family have heard of him
My friends don’t know who he is
Nor does anyone at work.
Yet it was headline news on the BBC, on every radio bulletin and front pages of the press!
No disrespect intended, and maybe I’m missing something more obvious to others, but I wonder why the UK media thought that a US basketball player was to be the more dominant headline over British affairs. I mean if say, Frank Lampard had died in similar tragic circumstances, would the US media reciprocate? I doubt it
Nobody in the family have heard of him
My friends don’t know who he is
Nor does anyone at work.
Yet it was headline news on the BBC, on every radio bulletin and front pages of the press!
No disrespect intended, and maybe I’m missing something more obvious to others, but I wonder why the UK media thought that a US basketball player was to be the more dominant headline over British affairs. I mean if say, Frank Lampard had died in similar tragic circumstances, would the US media reciprocate? I doubt it
untill that plane crash kill that footballer i had no idea who he was, but i freely admit i dont like football, so why should that be plastered all over the news .
28 January 2020, 05:41 PM
#12
you had your head burried in the sand? lol in all seriousness like most subjects unless you know about it you wont know, he was a legend in the game.
untill that plane crash kill that footballer i had no idea who he was, but i freely admit i dont like football, so why should that be plastered all over the news .
untill that plane crash kill that footballer i had no idea who he was, but i freely admit i dont like football, so why should that be plastered all over the news .
) and erm, Space Jam .Never heard of Sala either, but given Football is a UK national sport, he was on transfer to a UK club by a UK plane and pilot of dubious suitability, I can see why it was headline news.
Maybe just put it down to a slow news day.....I’ve caught the BBC amongst other UK news outlets doing direct copy and pastes of US reports, including the sensationalist prose and inaccurate terminology. Last time on the BBC was an airliner with a engine surge/flameout....The headline said “Engine explodes mid air”, when the video showed nothing of the sort...it spat out a few flames and popped a bit. I complained as did a load on PPRUNE, and they changed it....doubt any of the lazy hacks responsible saw any repercussions.
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