Why when theres an outbreak of some contageous disease do every reporter in the UK?

Question

Head for the police perimeter thus adding to the risk of infection being transmitted then make up scare stories about bird flu when no one in britain has actually caught or died from bird flu.

Answer 1

It's incredibly crazy. I remember one of the news reporters on ITV News going to the middle east to do a week of reporting there while bombs were going off in the background. I was just thinking 'You d*ckhead, you're endangering the lives of yourself and your crew members just to do a bit of reporting that can be done in the effing studio!!'.

But I guess the producers feel that when something major like this happens, they have to be first on the scene to ensure viewers know what a poultry farm looks like and how to avoid it. I'd p*ss myself with laughter if it turned out that one of those reporters had inadvertantly spread bird flu cos they felt the need to report from the source of infection. Idiots.

Answer 2

I wouldn't put too much store in the rumour that labou are desperate to win the farmers vote. Oh dont get me wrong, the thought of every farmer in Britain voting for Labour would be more than welcome, but the truth is, Labour dont need them. The farmers will always, always always vote Tory. Within the tory values are the articles that the farmers hold most dear, Close all public footpaths (the first topic the farmers screamed for in the recent F&M scare), reap the hideous subsidies from Brussels (remember the butter and milk mountains when the tories were in power), reduction in land and inheritance taxes, reduction or complete loss of the national minimum wage, etc etc etc. Many people think Brown is playing at being a PM, however, what you must remember is that Brown is an accountant, he will make rapid and safe decisions based on the finances of the country. If these financial decisions mean setting up exclusion zones, closing footpaths, banning movements etc etc, then Brown will not hesitate to take them, not only for the good of the country (and it's farmers) but also because it is the best economical solution. I have met Gordon Brown and can tell you that he is one of the cleverest men I have ever met, he is decisive and not afraid to make enemies as well as friends. So if any of Breowns decisions have worked out in favour of the farmers, then it was fundamentally a decision taken in the interests of the country and anything the farmers have gained from such a decision is purely coincidental.

Answer 3

It is just another way of scaring people .

Everybody has to have somebody to protect them now. Nobody can think for themselves anymore, they need somebody to help them.

And plus this is good advertisement for the lucrative medical industry.

Answer 4

THATS THE PRESS FOR YA REMEMBER THE EGG OUTCRY? THOUSANDS PERISHED. IM SURE THIS COUNTRY IS PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THAT ADMITS TO A DISEASE AND EVERYONE JUMPS ON THE BANDWAGON. I FOR ONE WILL BE HAVING CHICKEN TONIGHTSO STUFF EM SCUSE THE INNUENDO LOL CHEERS

Answer 5

I agree entirely. They did exactly the same thing with "Foot and Mouth" and were a big pain in the `foot and mouth` themselves!

Answer 6

well it's the press ain't it , scandolize blame and then forget it ever existed typical of the trashy journalist in the world not just the uk...

Answer 7

Sensationalism sells.

Answer 8

yes your probably right!