“IT’S WAR – and, thanks to round-the-clock TV news channels, you can watch it all as it happens.” (London Metro, 21st March 2003)
Hmm, when does it start? Maybe I’ll get a few beers in for that, shall I?
If there’s one thing worse than being at a war that you don’t agree with, it has to be the barely disguised glee with which some sections of the media have greeted the conflict. It’s bad enough that politicians might be using the deaths of innocent civilians in a far away country as an easy way of boosting their poll rating and preserving their place in history, but there is something truly sickening about the delight some of the press and TV stations take in reporting the war. There’s a radio ad for the Evening Standard on at the moment that boasts about the fact that they are the only paper that updates 4 times a day, so you should really buy their paper for the latest war news.
The revolution will not be televised… but the war will be covered in full glorious detail on GMTV.
“…below decks, crew in the operations room said they tracked the missiles on their radar then watched TV news to see where they would land.” (London Metro, 21st March 2003)