Stephen Fry. What in gods name have we come to when...
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Celebrity culture.
I hate it.
I really have no interest whatsoever in what somebody does who kicks a football around occasionally for ludicrous sums of money for those silly enough to pay it
no interest in "some wench wot has been on telly init" and what is going on in their horribly chavvy lovelife
no interest in what high end car some "celebrity" chef or reality show victim gets up to in his time off.
It sums up what people in society like, and I don't like to be part of that society.
Why people cannot get on with their own lives, instead of obsessing about others is beyond me.
The fact he got to the front of the BBC news web page obviously means that people find it popular, therefore this culture is here to stay
I hate it.
I really have no interest whatsoever in what somebody does who kicks a football around occasionally for ludicrous sums of money for those silly enough to pay it
no interest in "some wench wot has been on telly init" and what is going on in their horribly chavvy lovelife
no interest in what high end car some "celebrity" chef or reality show victim gets up to in his time off.
It sums up what people in society like, and I don't like to be part of that society.
Why people cannot get on with their own lives, instead of obsessing about others is beyond me.
The fact he got to the front of the BBC news web page obviously means that people find it popular, therefore this culture is here to stay
The thing is, OK I may not agree with "Celebrity Culture" but I appreciate that it matters to some people.
Even if you don't like Football, the fact that Marlon King got 18 months is newsworthy.
If you don't like Jade Goody fair enough, but arguably the "core" of the last few months of her life was news worthy.
But twitter? f
king twitter. And what exactly has Stephen Fry actually done* that seems to have turned him into some sort of BBC Sponsored national treasure?
I admit he was pretty good as Lord Melchett.
Even if you don't like Football, the fact that Marlon King got 18 months is newsworthy.
If you don't like Jade Goody fair enough, but arguably the "core" of the last few months of her life was news worthy.
But twitter? f
king twitter. And what exactly has Stephen Fry actually done* that seems to have turned him into some sort of BBC Sponsored national treasure?I admit he was pretty good as Lord Melchett.
Rotary Madness said:
He's one of the few celebreties i can think of who isnt an utter tt. Atleast he's famous for being very smart, better than most of the idiots who have a claim to fame these days. Id rather spend a couple of hours in a pub with him then some idiot who kicks a ball around.
+1t. Atleast he's famous for being very smart, better than most of the idiots who have a claim to fame these days. Id rather spend a couple of hours in a pub with him then some idiot who kicks a ball around.paddyhasneeds said:
It's on the front of the BBC fking news website that he's "considering giving up on the micro-blogging website Twitter".
Absolutely and utterly staggering.
I agree it's staggering that this is news, the irony is that Stephen Fry would almost certainly be the first to agree with you.king news website that he's "considering giving up on the micro-blogging website Twitter".Absolutely and utterly staggering.
TheCarpetCleaner said:
Celebrity culture.
I hate it.
I really have no interest whatsoever in what somebody does who kicks a football around occasionally for ludicrous sums of money for those silly enough to pay it
no interest in "some wench wot has been on telly init" and what is going on in their horribly chavvy lovelife
no interest in what high end car some "celebrity" chef or reality show victim gets up to in his time off.
It sums up what people in society like, and I don't like to be part of that society.
Why people cannot get on with their own lives, instead of obsessing about others is beyond me.
The fact he got to the front of the BBC news web page obviously means that people find it popular, therefore this culture is here to stay
yes yes and more yesI hate it.
I really have no interest whatsoever in what somebody does who kicks a football around occasionally for ludicrous sums of money for those silly enough to pay it
no interest in "some wench wot has been on telly init" and what is going on in their horribly chavvy lovelife
no interest in what high end car some "celebrity" chef or reality show victim gets up to in his time off.
It sums up what people in society like, and I don't like to be part of that society.
Why people cannot get on with their own lives, instead of obsessing about others is beyond me.
The fact he got to the front of the BBC news web page obviously means that people find it popular, therefore this culture is here to stay
The obsession with Stephen fry gets right on my fking wick.
It seems that with any news story if Stephen fking Fry makes a comment then this is reported on the news as some sort of gospel truth comment.
Twitter also annoys me, why is it news? It's just people making off the cuff comments. It doesn't get reported on the news when people comment on PH does it?
king wick.It seems that with any news story if Stephen f
king Fry makes a comment then this is reported on the news as some sort of gospel truth comment.Twitter also annoys me, why is it news? It's just people making off the cuff comments. It doesn't get reported on the news when people comment on PH does it?
This would never make it onto the TV news of course, but on the internet news outlets have the benefit of being able to immediately see how many people are reading their stories. Hence the news that appears on the front page is heavily driven by the traffic to that story, or perhaps Stephen Fry stories in the past have generated lots of traffic.
If you watch the Beeb closely you might often see stories move from small headlines into a central spot after a few hours. This is when traffic to that article has made the editor's decide that it is worthy news. If we all hit that Fry story enough it might move into a pictured spot.
While a mere web 'hit' might not tell you whether the user clicked on that link because they actually wanted to read the story and believe it's valid news, but it is a strong measure of popularity.
Publishers with a website and print versions will use the previous day's web traffic and search traffic to dictate the print news the next day.
So if you don't want to see Fry's twitting in the news, do your damndest not to click the link and join in the statistics!
PS I work on a newspaper website
If you watch the Beeb closely you might often see stories move from small headlines into a central spot after a few hours. This is when traffic to that article has made the editor's decide that it is worthy news. If we all hit that Fry story enough it might move into a pictured spot.
While a mere web 'hit' might not tell you whether the user clicked on that link because they actually wanted to read the story and believe it's valid news, but it is a strong measure of popularity.
Publishers with a website and print versions will use the previous day's web traffic and search traffic to dictate the print news the next day.
So if you don't want to see Fry's twitting in the news, do your damndest not to click the link and join in the statistics!
PS I work on a newspaper website
Grumpy old git said:
paddyhasneeds said:
It's on the front of the BBC fking news website that he's "considering giving up on the micro-blogging website Twitter".
Absolutely and utterly staggering.
I agree it's staggering that this is news, the irony is that Stephen Fry would almost certainly be the first to agree with you.king news website that he's "considering giving up on the micro-blogging website Twitter".Absolutely and utterly staggering.
It makes me wonder why we even have a BBC anymore. Surely it would be cheaper to simply have a state wildlife documentary team, and state-sponsored sports coverage.
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