Thankfully the media are now reporting that the toll from swine flu may not be as high as it once seemed. However, the way the newspapers and news channels described the news as a torrent of illness sweeping the world was aided by their continuing mention of a rising Death toll. Now that it may not be as high as it was once feared, the media still seem to be adamant that as long as the figure changes, be it higher or lower, then it will help sell newspapers and generate ratings. The interest for them comes from a changing toll, rather than a controlled one. If it keeps changing, we’ll keep buying.
A man in the UK has died after falling and injuring himself when he tried to stop two dogs fighting. That’s all Yahoo! Said on the story.
Locally, a man died on Friday night after being run over in Leeds by two people driving individual cars. There isn’t a word that I could put here to justifiably describe them.
Yesterday also provided another shooting story, this time in the UK. A man was shot outside Wandsworth prison in London, and three men have been arrested.
Yesterday also reported the news of troops finally leaving Iraq. However, the ‘battle on terror’ as old Bush called it is still far from over. Just today, news that the Pakistan Army has fought off Taliban militants, killing 13 of them. Now, this news report shows a different side of the media, with a tone of relief and honour overruling sadness, remorse or respect that usually surrounds a Death news story. The enemy has been defeated once again.
Radio 5Live gave an update yesterday on the Dutch car Deaths, which rose to five.
Saturday, 2 May 2009
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Day 20 – Today’s Total: 48, Overall Total: 791
Yahoo.com ran a headline earlier today simply saying ‘Car rams Dutch Royal parade’. I had to check this link out, thinking some nutter had just ‘disturbed the peace’. In fact, the story went on to reveal that four people had been killed after a guy had driven down the parade and crashed into a monument, along with about 20 bystanders. What’s worse is that Yahoo! seemed to think that the most important thing to address was ‘The royal bus was not hit and no one in the queen's entourage was injured’. Oh well that’s good news; as long as the royals aren’t hurt.
Well another incident from abroad involving a shooting. This time, a man in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, killed 12 people at a training institute before ‘turning the gun on himself’, the BBC News website has reported. No one knows why he did it. But it’s good to know the writer of this report felt inclined to add ‘Azerbaijan is rich in oil and its state oil academy was founded in 1920’ at the end. No mention really of who actually died, but as long as we know the economic and political state of Azerbaijan in basic detail…
And further instability in the East. This time, 32 people have died in Pakistan over clashes within the civil population of Karachi. Now, paramilitary troops have had to have been deployed to try and quell the situation. It seems the Pakistan/India/Afghanistan regions are seriously under threat of political and economic implosion at the moment.
Just on a local level which will not be included in the ‘total’, I have just scanned down the ‘News’ section of the Huddersfield Examiner website. There were five Death reports, as well as numerous criminal activities reports. Not good for a local level newspaper. However, it shows simply how much stuff goes on behind the widely publicized national media.
Well another incident from abroad involving a shooting. This time, a man in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, killed 12 people at a training institute before ‘turning the gun on himself’, the BBC News website has reported. No one knows why he did it. But it’s good to know the writer of this report felt inclined to add ‘Azerbaijan is rich in oil and its state oil academy was founded in 1920’ at the end. No mention really of who actually died, but as long as we know the economic and political state of Azerbaijan in basic detail…
And further instability in the East. This time, 32 people have died in Pakistan over clashes within the civil population of Karachi. Now, paramilitary troops have had to have been deployed to try and quell the situation. It seems the Pakistan/India/Afghanistan regions are seriously under threat of political and economic implosion at the moment.
Just on a local level which will not be included in the ‘total’, I have just scanned down the ‘News’ section of the Huddersfield Examiner website. There were five Death reports, as well as numerous criminal activities reports. Not good for a local level newspaper. However, it shows simply how much stuff goes on behind the widely publicized national media.
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Day 19 – Today’s Total: 17, Overall Total: 743
This virus is definitely a concern now. BBC 5Live reported on the first Death of the flu from outside Mexico as a child from Texas. Along with this, the toll has risen again to a proposed 159 people.
The BBC also had a story on their website from Merseyside. This is concerning a body of a girl being found in a house. It’s a horrible story.
Unfortunately news still splurges out of the East in torrents, with another reported explosion, this time in Turkey. Kurdish rebels have reportedly laid down land mines, which have killed nine soldiers in a single blast. It’s hard to believe a country so close to the EU’s boarders can have such an unstable social infrastructure.
The BBC also had a story on their website from Merseyside. This is concerning a body of a girl being found in a house. It’s a horrible story.
Unfortunately news still splurges out of the East in torrents, with another reported explosion, this time in Turkey. Kurdish rebels have reportedly laid down land mines, which have killed nine soldiers in a single blast. It’s hard to believe a country so close to the EU’s boarders can have such an unstable social infrastructure.
Day 18 – Today’s Total: 4, Overall Total: 726
This flu virus seems to be worse than initially thought, with 152 suspected Deaths from the bug and over a thousand confirmed cases worldwide.
A horrible incident in Scotland has left the driver of a lorry Dead after he collapsed at the wheel ad drove into a hotel.
A horrible incident in Scotland has left the driver of a lorry Dead after he collapsed at the wheel ad drove into a hotel.
Monday, 27 April 2009
Day 17 – Today’s Total: 66, Overall Total: 722
Well maybe the flu is properly going to spread. The UK now has possibly 25 cases of it, whilst in Mexico the toll has now reached a supposed 149. This number has shot up drastically since yesterday. Luckily, no one else in the world has died, although it has now spread across Canada and Australia, as well as Israel.
Unfortunately, another report on wayward officials has come up in Russia, with an off-duty cop opening fire in a Moscow supermarket, killing three people. Is this another brick in the argument that police shouldn’t carry guns?
Sadly there has been another fatal car crash in Northern Ireland. Three people were killed after a two-car collision at 1am this morning. To the BBC’s credit they have covered the event with dignity.
Unfortunately, another report on wayward officials has come up in Russia, with an off-duty cop opening fire in a Moscow supermarket, killing three people. Is this another brick in the argument that police shouldn’t carry guns?
Sadly there has been another fatal car crash in Northern Ireland. Three people were killed after a two-car collision at 1am this morning. To the BBC’s credit they have covered the event with dignity.
Sunday, 26 April 2009
Day 16 – Today’s Total: 38, Overall Total: 656
Hmm… it seems this flu virus may be around for longer than we thought. The US is on alert, whilst Scotland has had two patients omitted to hospital after flying back from Mexico. And it’s spreading badly in Mexico itself, with 81 people thought now to be dead.
On a local level, a head-on crash has killed two Leeds lads, whilst a man in Northern Ireland has also died in a car crash. The reports are short, and I don’t want to dwell on either issue.
The news on the Death of a person yesterday in a flooded car in Cornwall has now been followed up by another person being found. It seems the police are offering little hope of finding a third.
Another horrible incident has been reported on the BBC News website, with an elderly couple in Manchester being killed in a house fire as their roof caved in. Again the report is short, and I don’t want to stay on the issue.
On a lighter note, 11 people have been sentenced to Death in the Darfur region of Sudan after they helped kill over 200 citizens last year in the capital Khartoum. Justice can prevail some times at least.
On a local level, a head-on crash has killed two Leeds lads, whilst a man in Northern Ireland has also died in a car crash. The reports are short, and I don’t want to dwell on either issue.
The news on the Death of a person yesterday in a flooded car in Cornwall has now been followed up by another person being found. It seems the police are offering little hope of finding a third.
Another horrible incident has been reported on the BBC News website, with an elderly couple in Manchester being killed in a house fire as their roof caved in. Again the report is short, and I don’t want to stay on the issue.
On a lighter note, 11 people have been sentenced to Death in the Darfur region of Sudan after they helped kill over 200 citizens last year in the capital Khartoum. Justice can prevail some times at least.
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