Splash on News

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Just about anything and everything is news.

If you want to be famous, do something to make it to the news headlines.

You need not be popular for the accepted reasons always.

Swine Flu, Typhoon, and Lost Monkeys all can have equal importance rating in a newscast.
[ This is particularly from the NDTV Noon news on August 11th 2009 ]

News is a refined form of essential gossip to take you through life.

Even if you do not want to hear the news, you will still hear it from your circle.

News is usually a mix of fact and fiction, salted with view points, and garnished with hype.

If it is not in the news, then it has to be locked away as a secret.

No news is good news - Often heard saying, sounds true as I write this post.

Comments

Krithi Krish said…
I totally agree with you.

Sometimes I tend to wonder how the media concludes that something is news.

If its a gossip or a rumor or anything ridiculous happening in any part of the world, just for the rest of the human population to get equally crazy, such events are categorized as 'NEWS' I believe.

These days I read in IBNLive that movie X's release date is postponed due to the swine flu scare and this so-called news gains equal importance as the actual swine flu threat itself.

As with all these as the main contents, it is very frustrating to even open any news page nowadays.
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