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Sunday 31 January 2016

The news in brief 31st January 2016

Today’s news in brief:

My dad used to say ‘if wit were shit, you'd be constipated.’ Well if that were true, then the late great Sir Terry Wogan was the gastroenteritis of the airwaves.

He was the king of banter, back when banter meant informal conversation and not mediocre high street chicken and chips.

He was wise and warm and folksy back when those things were positive traits - before deadpan sarcasm and passive-aggressive sniping became the way to entertain people.

Rest in peace Mr Wogan. Radio 2 will never be the same again.

Now… on with the passive-aggressive sarcasm:

‘Media ban’ apparently a complicated concept

Cleavage is still totally not news

Friends update social media

Woman wears dress

Actual news hiding in the celebrity pages

Paparazzi stalks woman

Stop the press: man has shave

Pregnant woman looks pregnant

Woman doesn't dress for the weather

Woman conforms to media's narrow definition of beauty

Nudes in brief: Rita Ora

And finally: woman caught wearing comfortable clothes

Reading the news so you don’t have to…

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