http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=media The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 13:22:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61171#post-177689 Sun, 12 May 2013 12:26:56 +0000 drs 177689@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Staff have recently reported witnessing TV programmes being produced in the BBC’s new central London studios.<br /> “We thought all that nonsense had finished when Television Centre was closed at the end of March” one insider is quoted as saying.<br /> The nasty business of actually making programmes had thought to have been moved to the extremities of the UK, with Salford used to placate those with a ‘northern accent’.<br /> BBC press spokesman, Sebastian Russell, promised to look into the allegations.<br /> “We will look into any such allegation. That sort of thing hasn’t happened for a long time. We are moving forward now, building shiny new headquarters in London and around the UK, setting up advisory boards and giving employment to think-tanks and consultancy companies”.<br /> An official memo has warned staff not to leave scripts or ‘programme ideas’ lying around and to clear desks when leaving the office.<br /> “We don’t need that sort of thing ‘polluting’ the clean lines of our desks in a new and invigorated BBC”, newly appointed BBC Director General, James Murdoch, explained. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=57988#post-168190 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:26:42 +0000 Squudge 168190@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>ooo...goody! Another place to put STUFF.<br /> &lt;bookmarks&gt; </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=57988#post-168188 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:15:19 +0000 pinxit 168188@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>She's still cancelling her gigs though.</p> <p>Like her, the story could run and run.</p> <p>This 'cartoon' was meant for Left Alert.</p> <p>Cheers S. =} </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=57988#post-168177 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:22:15 +0000 Sinnick 168177@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Good job with the graphics, but the story's a little late. Would have worked nicely with Mrs Cambridge, too. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=57988#post-168099 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:22:05 +0000 pinxit 168099@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><img src="http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz223/pinxit2/Satire/qvom_cs_ani_zpsc50be0a4.gif"> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54910#post-158667 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:59:52 +0000 Son of Barnabas 158667@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yes, indeed! South West trains were so spooked by the thought of there being a flake or two of the "wrong kind of snow" that they decided yesterday to cancel half their trains today!</p> <p>A lot of people who hadn't heard in advance were standing around on the platform waiting for non existent trains, cancelled due to non-existent snow, and baffled by the tannoy announcements of "reduced number of trains in order to provide a better service"! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54910#post-158648 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:27:50 +0000 house78 158648@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I haven't actually seen any news/weather warnings about the snow yet: but it feels liked have because of so many people talking about them on social media.</p> <p>People in Scotland have been saying things like "I don't think I can get out of my house due to the blanket of news coverage about snowfall the region is being subjected to." (@Jockspunge9) And while Scottish people are not afraid of ending a sentence on a preposition it is no reason to put ignore their snow media houseboundness.</p> <p>With the amount of rolling news to be dedicated to snowy conditions expected to peak tomorrow some business were already announcing that their offices would be closed to allow staff to remain safe at home, in front of the television - rather than struggling to watch it on their iPads on public transport with often cost-prohibitive 3G data.<br /> But it's not all about the general public trudging through the 24-hour rolling news coverage of meteorologists using lots of modal verbs to enforce that they're only speculating about the possibility that London could die as a result of a blizzard - if it was really, really bad. No, spare a thought for the presenters of the news and the weather reports. A BBC spokesman claimed the army could be called in to help maintain the high levels of reporting on the crisis. "We wouldn't have them on key areas like Breakfast or The One Show but we might have to have the forces come in to present weather reports and weather-based news items in the midnight-to-6am slot," said a press release.</p> <p>For some people the modern halt to which the country friends when there is 'a bit of snow on the news' makes them feel sick. My 103 year-old great uncle video-blogged, "It's pathetic what is considered a lot of news coverage of inclement weather. When I was a lad there might be five hours of news coverage of snow on the wireless but I'd leave the terraced slum I lived in and the trams and buses would still be running unaffected. And if not I would walk to work, barefoot, and still be three hours early. Now people think the coverage of snow is a lot if it lasts 20 minutes. I shed a tear at what has happened to this once great nation."</p> <p>My great-uncle, like many old people, is someone society needs to be mindful of in these times of heavy news coverage of cold weather. Labour MP Andy Burnham appeared to be near tears as he quoted electricity bills faced by some of his elderly constituents, generated by watching rolling news coverage of the cold weather snap across the TV channels. "Why not have an elderly neighbour around to watch the weather at your house for a couple of hours? Even that could be enough to help them pay their TV license," said a visibly moved Burnham - speaking from the abandoned shell of a pop-up HMV store. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51234#post-147467 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:20:23 +0000 Kramaring 147467@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>on November 11th. Make a note in your diaries folks. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49052#post-141471 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:12:53 +0000 Golgo13 141471@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"It comes on the heels..."</p> <p>Genius. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49052#post-141453 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:38:54 +0000 george.scofield 141453@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>It has been discovered that local footwear magazine Northampton Shoe Magazine has been trying to garner a wider readership by needlessly courting outrage. It comes on the heels of the glossy Closer magazine and satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo both upping their readership after their recent media coverage. Northampton Shoe Magazines editor told us <blockquote>If Closer and Charlie Hebdo can get in all the papers and a youtube video can cause riots then there is certainly a precedent there to raise awareness of our product</blockquote>. The Bi-Monthly rag has already run stories on Paralympic athletes stealing display shoes and claimed Mohammed wore high heels. They plan to claim Jesus was a cobbler unless they start getting the media coverage they feel their claims deserve. I for one hope they don't get any coverage and that no one fans the flames by writing about them. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=29532#post-82925 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:55:01 +0000 swordfish trombone 82925@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Enterprising advertising creative working on the next campaign for high street electrical goods retailer Currys have been widely praised for their choice of music to appear in 30 second television adverts to begin next month.</p> <p>The advertisements will feature extracts from The Beatles “Got to get you into my life” in what elderly veteran of London’s Blatant, Obvious and Smith advertising firm- Lionel Waits described as “What passes for a good idea in this industry.” Waits, appearing tired and jaded, was speaking at a dinner held in his honour after 45 years’ service in advertising and public relations. “The song speaks of the company’s desire to get prospective customers into the store so that they can spend their money there…” Waits muttered as he stared intently into his engraved commemorative ash tray “…context, subtlety and sincerity are not conducive to 30 second spots and this kind of subversion of heartfelt artistic sentiments is the cornerstone of our trade.”</p> <p>Currys have previous in this regard having previously gained plaudits for the use of Eddie Grant’s “Electric Avenue” in a 2007 campaign. Alex Tool, the ‘creative’ brains behind that campaign explained as Waits’ left the reasonably priced hotel in which his function was held “In all honesty we didn’t see the cultural significance at first, we simply associated Electric Avenue with electricity and streets, then Irons, toasters and TVs with Currys, Simple!” </p> <p>It was only later that an exasperated sibling pointed out to Tool that Grant’s 1982 hit was a direct response to the Brixton riots of 1981 as illustrated by the opening line “Down in the street there is violence.” Just 4 short years after the launch of Currys infamous campaign several hundreds of youths were filmed and photographed violently looting Currys across the capital and indeed the country. “Obviously this was great publicity for the brand!” Tool stated.</p> <p>Currys are hoping for a similar though perhaps ironically, slightly more nuanced response to their newly announced campaign. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14683#post-39766 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:39:51 +0000 mr blue 39766@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I love a rant, me. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14683#post-39763 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:04:20 +0000 brownpaperreporter 39763@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>He was loved in Spain. Especially with oil and garlic </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14683#post-39760 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:36:46 +0000 simonjmr 39760@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Language Timothy! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14683#post-39756 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:59:25 +0000 arrghgarry 39756@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Look at it from the octopus' view, would you like to live in a tank in Germany? </p> <p>only if it was going over the maginot line </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14683#post-39755 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:58:39 +0000 arrghgarry 39755@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>suckers </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14683#post-39754 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:54:38 +0000 bonjonelson 39754@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>At least if you live in a German tank you get to visit the Poland, low countries, France, Norway, Russia, etc... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14683#post-39748 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:35:35 +0000 Ostsee 39748@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Look at it from the octopus' view, would you like to live in a tank in Germany? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14683#post-39742 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:50:46 +0000 Scroat 39742@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>No wonder you're upset Oxy. I watched Daybreak once and lost the will to live. Not just total fucking drivel, but so depressing that programme makers come up with this sort of shite in the first place.</p> <p>Have a chill pill and these stars. ***** </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14683#post-39741 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:41:27 +0000 IABP 39741@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You know people who didn't know he'd died are going to be devastated at finding out this way. You should have thought about that before writing this.</p> <p>RIP Paul. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14683#post-39740 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:26:21 +0000 saltire 39740@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You still haven't got over the Child Benefit cuts have you ?</p> <p>It's Daybreak Oxy not GMTV,at the time of writing that is.</p> <p>Edit;I see Wallster has given you 5* to calm you down. Have 1* from me.. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14683#post-39739 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:24:40 +0000 The All New Jeni B 39739@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>....and breathe.... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14683#post-39738 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:23:29 +0000 wallster 39738@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>There now Oxy. Take five of these stars and have youself a little lie down. I'll go fetch nanny. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14683#post-39736 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:12:45 +0000 Oxbridge 39736@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Confirmation that you are not mad, it's the world around you, emerged today, when every British television channel carried a story about some bloody animal with tentacles dying in its tank in Germany.</p> <p>The octopus, which was apparently called 'Paul' for fuck's sake, had apparently managed to pick a mussel out of two alternative boxes nine times in a row, correctly 'picking' nine results in the World Cup correctly at odds far higher than those of any mainstream media outlet actually doing any real journalism - 1 in 512, there you can do it you see. Except it didn't of course, because it was a fucking octopus and thus incapable of abstract decision-making. A bit like GMTV, then.</p> <p>Defending the decision to run the story, Adrian Chiles said: 'Look, there hasn't been a spending review that will determine anything vital about how millions of people in this country live over the next ten years, has there? Has there? Oh, all right, so would you really prefer yet another filler about which orange-skinned skank Wayne Rooney's shagging this week?'</p> <p>There is also a growing number of conspiracy theories to the effect that 'Paul' actually died a month ago and it was covered up, probably to deflect attention away from the real cabal of octopi running the world economy from a secret base below the Indian Ocean or some shit like that. Oh, and some items of pond life are also bleating about him being eaten, which was why he was in the fucking tank in the first fucking place, you stupid fucking muppets. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12081#post-33151 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:25:50 +0000 DonnaQuixote 33151@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>“Freedom of the press is all very well”, claims clerical worker JS, “but as somebody who nobody has ever heard of, I have a right to publicity too. Why should these A-list celebs get photos of their body parts plastered all over the media, when I have worked in local government all my life and never had so much as a mention in Hello Magazine?”</p> <p>JS (whose real name is too insignificant to mention) is so desperate to avoid the cold glare of mediocrity that she has posted seventeen videos on Who?Tube showing scenes from her daily life: walking the dog, going to the gym, even a long lens shot of her getting ready for bed behind the net curtains of her terraced house in Sutton Coldfield.</p> <p>“I've tried everything”, she complained. “I have even taken out a court injunction against the paparazzi who consistently ignore me. But every morning when I come out of my house to go to work, there is absolutely nobody camped on the doorstep.”</p> <p>“I have complained time and time again to BT about the lack of nuisance phone calls, but they say there is nothing I can do except keep my existing number and give it to everyone I meet. I've even put it on my FaceBook page, but I've only got one Friend and that's only because I have the same name as someone he went to school with .”</p> <p>At a time when the right to publicity is being claimed as a fundamental civil liberty by incognitos worldwide, a spokesman from the Press Council hotly defended the right to keep uninteresting individuals out of the public eye. “Nothing beats a good scandal”, he pronounced, “and it's cheaper too.” </p>