(Yo 'Ho of Charliemass-market saucetrepreneur,
Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:23,
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And he just got bail
(HappyToastGroat froth,
Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:26,
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Good, maybe they'll fucking shut up about him now
The blanket coverage of a murder case in a country with one of the highest murder rates in the world is utterly ridiculous. And why? Because he's someone that was briefly in the news ten months ago and because his girlfriend was "a bit of a looker". Without wanting to sound insensitive, it's a damning fucking indictment of the press right there.
he is the second richest/highest paid athlete on the planet
it's not that surprising some eyes are on him
(HappyToastGroat froth,
Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:42,
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The coverage was funny in places
Hearing a South African say 'prosthesis' and 'parabellum' in the space of a minute was great.
(mrmattis staging a 'dirty protest' on,
Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:45,
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lol I reply in wrong place
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Fri 22 Feb 2013, 15:53,
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Yeah but the sheer level of coverage?
It seems really over-the-top to me. Maybe it's more a marker of how underfunded news stations, and the BBC in particular, are these days rather than a marker of how trivialised things are now, but I still think the blanket coverage is ridiculous.
which can only mean there is some news that is REALLY FUCKING NASTY slipping by under the radar
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Fri 22 Feb 2013, 15:54,
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Berlusconi is on the verge of getting back in in Italy?
Given that the murder of a South African model by someone very few people care about isn't really very important in our lives, but the collapse of Europe's fourth-biggest economy *is* I'd expect some more coverage of that than another facile BBC "Berlusconi: Why do people vote for him after the scandals! We don't know but we've gathered a load of quotes we won't bother putting into context!" article.