[LINK] Fwd: MR 113/07: Australians have a voracious appetite for telecommunications [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Ivan Trundle]

On 24/09/2007, at 12:04 PM, Stilgherrian wrote:

> If "news" is something noteworthy, then the facts in the bit that was
> originally quoted are not news. Tarting it up with impressive-sounding
> adjectives doesn't (or at least shouldn't) turn a routine fact into  
> news.
>
> Am I expecting too much? ;)

In a society with a voracious appetite for news, only the good stuff  
(i.e. newsworthy) would filter to the top.

However, in Australia, where our perception of 'news' is determined  
by (at best) 7 people, we get drivel like this on days when there  
isn't enough 'real' news.

Stating the bleeding obvious is for those days when we don't have  
enough car crashes, stock market fluctuations, celebrity shenanigans,  
and when parliament isn't sitting.

iT