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Social Media and News.

Whilst we all Tweet away and use our blogs and Social Media to share with the world our thoughts and interests.

I can’t think why there should be a super injunction on some footballer who may have had an extramarital affair. To be honest I am not even interested the only thing that does interest me is why such a person thinks he is so important that he warrants a super injunction.

I am not so sure why such trivia is even news worthy and that’s just it isn’t it! With our 24hr news channels even the most un news worthy item appears to become big news because media outlets have nothing more interesting to write about.

It’s nothing more than a giant gossip machine.

I am about to contradict myself there is a lot of interesting news to write about but it appears to me gone are the days where a reporter or a journalist has time to investigate facts and build an interesting story it just appears to be about  a quick turn around.

Its about filling newspapers and news channels up with “news” and they have a problem!  Not enough interesting news to fill all that space and airtime. They are now in the position of having to provide quantity rather than quality, then mistakenly think we are all interested in someone else’s affair.

As for Twitter and Social Media I have in the past few years seen some down right ugly posts and conversations almost unbelievable and I do have to wonder what an earth makes people write such ugly things. Is this they way they would behave at work or in public? I doubt it very much.

When used properly I think Social Media is great and I really object to all Social Media users being tarred with the same brush as the minority who abuse it.


Had the footballer ignored the Twitter users and kept a low profile the story would have gone away quietly we wouldn't be any the wiser not that I am and perhaps if remotely interested in his personal life would have been left wondering. It really does make you wonder.



Being a cynic I wonder if anyone else pondered on the possibility its all manufactured in order to fill the spaces take on a Social Media outlet and make big news out of small news.


Has the bloke broken the law by having an affair?
Has he hurt anyone other than those close to him which should be sorted out privately?

Now we have another person with his affair plastered all over the papers now I have to say it is of public interest  if the alleged affair caused the £50 billion bail out of the RBS but to be honest it should be investigated properly first before being reported. Once again it is exactly the same story but at a higher level


Oh dear now I am wondering whether the small story is preparing us all for the bigger story.


Strange how this story isn't all over the airwaves as well and once again I am not interested in someone else's affair. I am now just curious, why it hasn't received the same coverage when it is alleged it could have cost us 50 Billion pounds and even then I don't know how an affair could cost us 50 billion pounds unless the law is broken or there is a conflict of interest. The affair is non of our business however the 50 billion is.





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