Media, most over used word.

Dry_bean

The media, both print and electronic have embraced the word DEADLY with open arms.
We see constant references to deadly animals, deadly hospital fires, deadly climate change, deadly spiders, deadly ponies,deadly waves, deadly accidents and deadly air strikes, the list is endless.
Remove the word from the English language and majority of journo's would be struck dumb, like most over used words it's completely lost it's impact. :🙂

Brett_H

My least favorite overused phrase is "no parent can afford to miss!" This usually guarantees that the report is over-sensationalized rubbish pitched to the most gullible or ignorant!

Koffee_Kosmo

Groundbreaking is overused But its the misinformation in a headline that errks me KK

Dry_bean

And of course the word often used used by politicians CLEARLY which translated means no one really has a bloody clue as to what's going on here, except possibly me, and I'm not really sure. :coffee2:

Dry_bean

Brett H wrote:

My least favorite overused phrase is "no parent can afford to miss!" This usually guarantees that the report is over-sensationalized rubbish pitched to the most gullible or ignorant!

Interesting how we focus on different things, I suspect it's age related, being retired with no children living at home the phrase "no parent can afford to miss!" has not even showed up on my radar. 🙂

Kelsey

The 'media' can't be trusted these days. There's no such thing as impartial reporting or true investigative journalism except in (perhaps) the ABC and some very few independent publications. It's positive in some ways. Social media and sites like Reddit provide the real sources of news - but it's just untrustworthy enough that we have to (gasp) think for ourselves and approach any information with a skeptical and critical outlook.

mycuppa

Just like every man and his dog who might own or sell coffee beans commercially can call themselves "Master Roaster". There are a lot of them learning and some have even lost the art of learning - just pushing buttons.

Dry_bean

Kelsey wrote:

The 'media' can't be trusted these days. There's no such thing as impartial reporting or true investigative journalism except in (perhaps) the ABC and some very few independent publications. It's positive in some ways. Social media and sites like Reddit provide the real sources of news - but it's just untrustworthy enough that we have to (gasp) think for ourselves and approach any information with a skeptical and critical outlook.

It's never been any different Kelsey, Frank Sinatra had this to say about Aussie journalists during a visit in 1974, I suspect he got it right. "In 1974, during a concert performance in Australia, Sinatra attacked reporters as "bums and parasites" and female reporters as "buck-and-a-half hookers"' As a result the unions banned refuelling Sinatra's plane so that he couldn't leave. In retaliation, Sinatra threatened to cancel his remaining three concerts. A truce was negotiated by union leader (later Prime Minister) Bob Hawke." And of course back in the 40's and 50's we had the scandal sheets The Melbourne and Adelaide Truth, all tit's, bums and reports of a sexual nature. :stir