Not News: Issue 3

You may very well be asking yourself "does Barnardo only ever read the BBC 'News' website for news and current affairs, it's all he ever seems to comment on?".

I can see where you're coming from. I do post predominantly about stories from the BBC 'News' website. This however does not represent the amount of time I spend reading the BBC site but rather the relative utter shittness of BBC 'News'.

One of the things that riles me most is when they report on things that do not constitute news, particularly when they proceed to put that 'news' in their ticker.

I am well riled. Have a look at this:



And this link to the story above.

I'm going to be totally honest with you, I haven't read this story. Instead of reading the latest news on kids being nasty to each other, I'm off to read about the stirrings of World War 3 over in Georgia or perhaps something to do with the human rights abuses of the host country of the Olympic Games, China.

Or maybe I'll just go and have a shit. Who knows?

Ahh, idiots

On a day that's near unprecedented in UK politics, with a frontbencher resigning to fight a by election on a single issue, it's good to know it's business as usual with the idiots of the country.

In this BBC "News" article the story of a man who chose to heckle David Cameron because of the failings of the NHS is told. He is said to have uttered (after very rudely interrupting the Right Hon. DC) "The public have paid billions for the health service. The people of this country are fed up with empty words".

That's as maybe but I'm pretty sure David Cameron isn't PM. In fact is he even in the Government? Isn't he in some sort of "opposition" to the Government?

Moron. My other point here is essentially that this guy being an utter cunt is not news.

That is all.

"Imagine there's no morons, it's easy if you try"

I have no problem with this story from the Evening Standard about polling for the Mayoral election. However, I came across it via the less-useless-than-expected Politics Home website.

Politics Home are linking to the story with the following headline:

Mayoral race could be decided on second preference votes

No fucking shit Politics Home. That is not news. In it's long and storied history (see posts labelled "Crackergate 2008" for more on the countless previous contests) the mayoral race has only ever been decided on second preference votes.