Old Lady Falls on Ass, Makes Front Page

Sometimes I rip on CNN for being by turns biased or asinine. I hold CNN to a pretty high standard because, well, it's CNN. But the 2007 Impromptu Award for Selling Paper goes to... (drumroll) ... The Guernsey Press and Star!

Backstory, Princess Anne; stern lookin' old lady and the Princess Royal visits the Channel Islands. Muggles here resists the urge to dress up like an indian and throw tea in the harbor. Slightly miffed that the motorcade of a celebrated European inbred is passing my house, rankles my generally democratic and egalitarian outlook. The tyranny of absolute power over an unrepresented populace is not something to be remembered fondly. But she couldn't have chosen to be Royalty, so I can't really be flat with her. I figure the best way to deal with this is just shut up and not validate the royalist position by discussing it.

Mostly, this award is to recognize The Press and Star and its uniquely infuriating assumption that I (media consumer) my friends (media consumers) and co-workers (media consumers) will care more about this story than any actual news. The current crises in Darfur or Gaza, say, or something closer to home. The Press and Star deserves this award because they're not selling news, they're selling paper, printed with whatever they think will appeal to the lowest common denominator.

Created 2007-06-14 23:19:29 by strix and filed under stupid