It is not that kind of 'break'. We see the meaning used in a phrase like "the break of dawn". nothing broken, just a the beginning of a change (from night to day)
Yes JakobA. I know that. Thank you for your reply and Happy Saturday. Waves break. Hearts break. We break a fast when we have breakfast. Couples break up. Athletes break records. People break promises. We have mental and physical breakdowns. Peace talks break down. All kinds of breaks. Up and down, They are inescapable. Thank you for your reply and Happy Saturday.
This post was edited by RosieG at December 17, 2016 2:28 AM MST
Many are the times I wish someone would take it in for repair. We're driven by news agencies, the Press, TV etc to believe we need to know the latest more or less as it happens when in most cases, and reminded every quarter of an hour, when most of it would not really matter if not published until next day!
When I fire up my e-mail/ browser, it rams a load of "news" at me - but most is about so-called "celebrities" or football results. Sometimes they present me with galleries of photos themselves interesting but draped in childish twaddle like "most scary". I've discovered some of these galleries are derived, and lazily too. One showed oddities under the sea, but a similar one some months later showed some of it was badly copied. The give-away was a location change of one photo from the Mediterranean to the US East Coast; image details suggested the first was the likely one.
Worse is the way these agencies saturate their media with single topics even when they have nothing really relevant to say. The BBC is bad enough with our own (UK's) General Elections, but Radio Four was stuffed with of waffle and speculation about the US Presidential elections and the candidates. Most of it was entirely needless, such as street-interviews with people living in remote American towns, except perhaps to Americans living in Britain. Outside of America, what really mattered was simply who won, and their international policies.
Thank you your thoughtful analysis with examples in response to my question. I guess there is no escaping it Durdle. Other than simply avoiding it by not watching TV, not checking out the internet, not reading newspapers . And you're right. If they just waited till the next day they'd get it more nearly right. Maybe. As news breaks it is always being adjusted. The first numbers out are always wrong. The first causes given are often wrong. They have to get it out there NOW even though they have no idea of the entirety at the moment it happens. But they are on the spot reporting it anyway. Information/knowledge/truth is not what's important here. Getting your attention and having you watch so they can brag about how huge the audience is matters though. SiGH. Happy Saturday m'dear! :)
This post was edited by RosieG at December 17, 2016 2:25 AM MST
Ah, thank you Rosie! I hope you had a good weekend!
I heard a thought-provoking comment on the radio yesterday to the effect that many people now read the news via sites like Facebook and Twitter, or on blogs, without considering the likely accuracy or otherwise of such sources.
Although newspapers tend to be biased politically, generally we as readers know their bias or can spot it, and Press and broadcast journalists do at least try to present the facts correctly - the bias is generally by selection and omission of facts rather than outright lying, as well as in comment columns we know to be largely the writers' analysis and opinions. Further, professional journalists are in a position to try to persuade interviewees to answer uncomfortable questions. They may not always receive satisfactory answers, and requests for comments or invitations to interviews are frequently rebuffed with twaddle like "... unavailable for comment" - but the journalists will report such refusals for the readers and listeners to judge.
WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH 