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# And he just got bail
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:26, archived)
# 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.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:36, archived)
# he is the second richest/highest paid athlete on the planet
it's not that surprising some eyes are on him
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:42, archived)
# The coverage was funny in places
Hearing a South African say 'prosthesis' and 'parabellum' in the space of a minute was great.
(mrmatt is staging a 'dirty protest' on, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:45, archived)
# lol I reply in wrong place
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 15:53, archived)
# 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.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:48, archived)
# which can only mean there is some news that is REALLY FUCKING NASTY slipping by under the radar
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 15:54, archived)
# 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.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 16:12, archived)
# I'm not sure I feel comfortable saying anything negative about him on a popular website
insane power crazed corrupt hooker fucking nutcase bullshitter does however spring to mind.

BBC can't cope with shit happening close to home or anywhere else it seems
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 17:32, archived)
# I assume that's athlete specifically, rather than sports person
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:52, archived)
# I assume so too, whatever I read just said first Usain Bolt then him
as opposed to the expected basketball players/golfers/footballers etc etc
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:58, archived)
# we can expect to see a similar looking, but much shorter man, in a large overcoat and a beard in Jo'burg airport departure any time soon then
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:57, archived)
# Do you reckon he'll make a run for it?
/gets coat
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:59, archived)
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(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 15:59, archived)