BBC News Agenda

[Aschenbach]

I noticed that the top story on 5Live News this afternoon was the Beckhams' Nanny and her 'shocking revelations' (whatever they were). Is anyone remotely interested in this? Is this a legal precedent?

You'd expect The Star to have it as top story but not on BBC and within a week of the election. Sure we need a break from politicians but there must be more worthy news items. I personally think the editor saw Last night's QT debate lose out on ratings to Footballers' Wives and decided to follow suit.

[gazzawazza]

I'm sick to death of hearing "kiss and tell" or "shocking revelation" stories about ANYONE.  So much so that I very rarely buy newspapers now.

I'm sure it's all just a symptom of the growing phenomenon of "celebrity" of which I'm equally bored, but as long as it sells papers or switches on tellies they will continue with this sort of "news."

Ho-hum.

[rock1873]

Who honestly cares,

It appears just  some slapper wanting  a  bit of money. Although Mr and Mrs Becks,should be  a  bit careful in their staff.

[tartanwiz]

It's pure escapism. The media don't want us to know about 'real' life so they feed us this sort of mulch. It keeps the masses happy so they they won't actually try and change things.

[planetmartin]

I agree - what a load of old tosh!  Who cares what the Beckhams do, after all they're just a couple of thick people that got lucky. 

Tartanwiz- do i detect a shade of conspiracy theory in your answer?  I don't think that "THEY" are controlling what goes in the news.  I just think that there are a large number of similarly thick people out there that lead sad little lives and wouldn't spot/understand a real news issue unless Mr Murdoch took the time to highlight/explain what it was or what the implications were.  And here lies the crux of my argument.  The people that control what goes in the media, are the consumers.  Media is market driven, if you don't deliver what the consumer wants you go under very quickly. Therefore, it's not that they don't want us to know about real life, but that real life is a successful media machine churning out the sort of inane mulch that we're getting lately.