{"id":571,"date":"2017-06-28T11:38:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T10:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/?p=571"},"modified":"2017-06-28T11:44:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T10:44:36","slug":"newspapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/newspapers\/","title":{"rendered":"Newspaper – what’s that?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think we are going to have to redefine this word – I mean, they do still exist, even in paper\/print form, but some of the \u00ab\u00a0title’s\u00a0\u00bb have lost so much credibility.<\/p>\n

Take this one for example.<\/p>\n

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This used to be called a newspaper<\/strong> – now it’s referred to as a ‘tabloid<\/strong>‘ (a bit like celluloid<\/strong>, but used to cover tables, litter trays, the bottom of bird cages etc.)<\/p>\n

Newspapers used to employ journalists<\/strong> who went around collecting news and then writing about it for the general public to read, and so inform themselves of what was happening around them.<\/p>\n

Tabloids like the Daily Mail don’t have to employ real journalists as they have a staff of writers, with very active imaginations, who either invent things for their readers, or ‘interpret’ photographs with funny captions to amuse everyone.<\/p>\n

An example of an image, and the caption obviously written by someone high on magic mushrooms:<\/p>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Jolly holiday! Never-before-seen photos capture the Royal Family being greeted by crowds in Scotland in the 1950s (and reveal the Queen Mother’s close bond with her grandson Prince Charles)\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I couldn’t invent this if I tried! If you’re really lucky you also get a thing called a \u00ab\u00a0Katie Hopkins\u00a0\u00bb a sort of failed Big Brother candidate who has an opinion on everything, but mostly what people couldn’t care a less about. Even after a lobotomy operation earlier this year it still goes on and on and on about, well, pretty much anything and everything – I can’t help thinking it would make a wonderful Queen or Prime Minister or road sweeper. Sadly the ‘off’ button has yet to be found – but it’s amusing I suppose in small doses.<\/p>\n

If you have an imagination, shout a lot and can use a keyboard, I strongly suggest trying to get work with a journal such as this – after all, no spelling or punctuation skills needed, just make up all sorts of guff and get it published. Can’t think why I didn’t think of this myself…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think we are going to have to redefine this word – I mean, they do still exist, even in paper\/print form, but some of the \u00ab\u00a0title’s\u00a0\u00bb have lost so much credibility. Take this one for example. This used to be called a newspaper – now it’s referred to as a ‘tabloid‘ (a bit like … <\/p>\n

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