The Daily Express and the weather
22 December 2013, 11:50 PM
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The Daily Express and the weather
Since the BBC has taken to having a papers section on the front of the news page I have noticed that every other day the Express leads with some ludicrous headine about the weather
Headlines such as (not exact quotes, but in the same style):
'Philippines style hurricane to hit Britiain'
'Arctic storms set to paralyse Britain'
'Twelve days of Christmas weather hell'
'100mph storm set to cause Christmas chaos'
I detest the likes of the DM, but this is not even news. It's pure made up sh1te and I don't even really blame the paper as it's the absolute cretins who buy it that need a good slap. How stupid do you have to be to want to pay money to read crap like that day in day out? FFS!!!!
Headlines such as (not exact quotes, but in the same style):
'Philippines style hurricane to hit Britiain'
'Arctic storms set to paralyse Britain'
'Twelve days of Christmas weather hell'
'100mph storm set to cause Christmas chaos'
I detest the likes of the DM, but this is not even news. It's pure made up sh1te and I don't even really blame the paper as it's the absolute cretins who buy it that need a good slap. How stupid do you have to be to want to pay money to read crap like that day in day out? FFS!!!!
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22 December 2013, 11:56 PM
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the thing that gets me is that all these sad ***** that read it and believe it then go out and buy enough food to last a month,the supermarkets are a nightmare when all this weather crap gets spouted in the news.
"oh no we are going to have 10 years of siberian snow-i better go out and buy 15 loaves of bread as this will save me"
its just scare tactics
"oh no we are going to have 10 years of siberian snow-i better go out and buy 15 loaves of bread as this will save me"
its just scare tactics
23 December 2013, 12:06 AM
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what gets me is every year we have a few inches of snow and the country becomes grid-lock............why?? other countries can manage,do we get extra cold-extra slippy snow over here?
same with the milk.
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23 December 2013, 07:41 AM
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Since the BBC has taken to having a papers section on the front of the news page I have noticed that every other day the Express leads with some ludicrous headine about the weather
Headlines such as (not exact quotes, but in the same style):
'Philippines style hurricane to hit Britiain, Diana would despair'
'Arctic storms set to paralyse Britain, what would Diana have thought'
'Twelve days of Christmas weather hell, Duke of Edinburgh involved in Diana plot'
'100mph storm set to cause Christmas chaos, Diana wrote in her diary the security forces were plotting'
I detest the likes of the DM, but this is not even news. It's pure made up sh1te and I don't even really blame the paper as it's the absolute cretins who buy it that need a good slap. How stupid do you have to be to want to pay money to read crap like that day in day out? FFS!!!!
Headlines such as (not exact quotes, but in the same style):
'Philippines style hurricane to hit Britiain, Diana would despair'
'Arctic storms set to paralyse Britain, what would Diana have thought'
'Twelve days of Christmas weather hell, Duke of Edinburgh involved in Diana plot'
'100mph storm set to cause Christmas chaos, Diana wrote in her diary the security forces were plotting'
I detest the likes of the DM, but this is not even news. It's pure made up sh1te and I don't even really blame the paper as it's the absolute cretins who buy it that need a good slap. How stupid do you have to be to want to pay money to read crap like that day in day out? FFS!!!!
23 December 2013, 08:02 AM
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It's an easy story that the media like to build up and milk, thats all it is.
News papers are for poor people who are easily led, chavs really.
News papers are for poor people who are easily led, chavs really.
23 December 2013, 09:13 AM
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I thought I'll have the radio on this morning,wish I hadn't now.All they been spouting on about is the storms happening later today
.I listening thinking why why why,is the news/media plugging this weather so much,train disruptions,roads are going to be bad,blah blah blah.Anyone would think this country is not used to having rain or storms.Its really starting to p1ss me off now
23 December 2013, 09:22 AM
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Maybe could plaster the outside of house with bread..
I thought I'll have the radio on this morning,wish I hadn't now.All they been spouting on about is the storms happening later today.I listening thinking why why why,is the news/media plugging this weather so much,train disruptions,roads are going to be bad,blah blah blah.Anyone would think this country is not used to having rain or storms.Its really starting to p1ss me off now
I thought I'll have the radio on this morning,wish I hadn't now.All they been spouting on about is the storms happening later today
.I listening thinking why why why,is the news/media plugging this weather so much,train disruptions,roads are going to be bad,blah blah blah.Anyone would think this country is not used to having rain or storms.Its really starting to p1ss me off now
23 December 2013, 09:24 AM
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23 December 2013, 09:29 AM
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the thing that gets me is that all these sad ***** that read it and believe it then go out and buy enough food to last a month,the supermarkets are a nightmare when all this weather crap gets spouted in the news.
"oh no we are going to have 10 years of siberian snow-i better go out and buy 15 loaves of bread as this will save me"
its just scare tactics
"oh no we are going to have 10 years of siberian snow-i better go out and buy 15 loaves of bread as this will save me"
its just scare tactics
**** it's Christmas, the shops are shut for a day .. let's get three weeks of food.
23 December 2013, 09:31 AM
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Yep, that was perfectly illustrated in the last storm. 4 people died and the media were on some tragedy parade over it, yet on average 5 people die on our roads every day, but no one mentions that!
23 December 2013, 09:33 AM
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Tuned into absolute radio,or whatever it's called now.They having a phone in and getting callers to rate the how bad the storms are from one to five,wherever they are in the country.Radio is now staying off...
23 December 2013, 10:04 AM
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this level of death has been normalised
if 5 people died every in the UK day due to storms - the media coverage would ignore it in the same way
just look at the reporting in the middle east - absolute carnage with 7/7 bomb style bomb attacks day in day out - drones strikes wipping out whole families on a depressingly regular basis
all normalised, the death toll has been normalised, and people are simply numb to it, but "killer trees" have some residual interest
23 December 2013, 10:17 AM
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But its as if now a days when we have some snow,ice,winds etc,the media I would say are trying to put the ***** up people,as if it's some kind of unusual freak weather storm this country rarely has.when I was a kid everyone just got on with it,I still went to school when it snowed and so on.Now a days it's lock yourself up in your homes,don't go out because it's winter and we might have some winter weather...
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Is there any need for it?
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I'm just back from Morrisons and what I've seen is mind boggling, the place is out the door with people so much infact folk were practically queing to get in, whole families and I'm talking about two parents and three children with shopping trollies each packed to the ******* rafters with food.
Is there any need for it?
Is there any need for it?
23 December 2013, 12:50 PM
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I'm just back from Morrisons and what I've seen is mind boggling, the place is out the door with people so much infact folk were practically queing to get in, whole families and I'm talking about two parents and three children with shopping trollies each packed to the ******* rafters with food.
Is there any need for it?
Is there any need for it?
23 December 2013, 12:55 PM
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