Tuesday, May 14, 2013

News from the late empire...

So there was a big election in Pakistan, tensions are still high in Asia Minor as Syria flings accusations at NATO member Turkey, the IRS stands openly accused of being a tool of the party in power, and what's NBC's BREAKING! LEAD! STORY! on the Today show this morning?

Angelina's boobs.

I went to get links on the other big stories mentioned above from BBC.co.uk/news, because they usually make even CNN.com look like People magazine, but this is what I saw in the Beeb's sidebar.


Sorry, Limeys, looks like you're in the shallow end of the pool with us. Pass that inflatable sea horsie over here, will you Nigel?
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13 comments:

Caleb said...

That's going to make Tomb Raider 3 a lot less interesting for 12 year old boys.

Andy said...

Nah, they make very nice ones these days. She might even be improved with aftermarket parts over OEM.

Library-Gryffon said...

Amazingly, my Bing news tile on my Windows 8 screen doesn't mention those at all. It does talk about Pakistan though.

Tam said...

"Amazingly, my Bing news tile on my Windows 8 screen doesn't mention those at all. It does talk about Pakistan though."

Awesome! :D

Joel said...

Forgive me, Tam, for I have sinned. My first thought when I looked at your graphic was "Holy shit! Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy? Now there's a tragedy!"

Anonymous said...

Where is the story on Kim K's baby bump? Enquirer minds want to know!

Gerry

Anonymous said...

Andy 0852 - spoken like a man who has never seen the result of a double mastectomy.

Will Brown said...

I'm not being critical Tam, and I do take your larger point, but given the response among we who are your equivalent audience in response to the state of your snout, is the interest directed at la Jolie and the state of her breasticles really all that different?

I will defer to your superior snark-smithery when it comes to comparative anatomy observations, but when you're through with Nigel's sea horsie thingie can I use it for a lap or two 'round the pool?

staghounds said...

Politics is celebrity gossip for cleverer people.

Tam said...

Angelina's bewbs have never flown a plane into a building, nor has Kim Kardashian's baby bump ever invoked our treaty responsibilities to launch airstrikes on Kris Humphries. ;)

Joe R. said...

For those not paying attention to the news, that list is about right. For the rest of that take this country seriously, that list is an indicator of just how bad our neighborhood has become.

I'm hoping that the media is coming around to seeing that the One is making Richard Nixon look like a saint. I'm still not sure that they are ready to let their idol down off the mountain...

Joe R.

Anonymous said...

Tam, it's the country's biggest event since Pamela Anderson had her fake boobs removed (the first time, anyway)!

Antibubba

Sigivald said...

It's the Today show.

Could anyone even remotely expect otherwise?

Does it even pretend to be about news, rather than Entertainment News?