There are many reasons that I am proud to be British, but "our" media is not one of them, even our dear old aunty* has been and still is guilty of biased and harmful "reporting"and a lack of good "journalistic ethics" in general.
Having said that I am not sure that any other country has a "better" system especially in terms of "state" media, my guess is they are all as bad as each other.
And I suppose that by saying "
The British media appears to be pretty inventive when it comes to riddicule" it could be taken as a back handed compliment, but it does not take a genius to work out that sadly there are a lot of "stupid**" people desperate for fame, that can be and are manipulated, to look even more stupid and desperate.
The tactics used on "Big Brother" for example are as transparent as they are cruel, yet people will literally tread on the next person to get in the house!
My opinion that the media is not helping with the current crisis in our "national psyche":
People are more polarised in there opinions than ever and the general "dumbing down" of the media is largely the cause.
here is my list of old school versus new school "television personalities" and "programmes" to make my point:
Sir David Attenborough VS Ray Mears
Sir David Frost VS Jeremy Kyle
Sir Patrick Moore VS professor Brian Cox
Monty python cast VS Mrs Browns boys
Tomorrows World VS the gadget show
Match of the day*** VS Sky sports
John Peel VS sara cox
Lets not even get started on music! ok just one
The Beatles VS Jedwood
You might think from this post that I am and old man, who is nostalgic and bitter, However I am NOT old yet!! nostalgic and bitter maybe
*The BBC
**When I use the word stupid, it has nothing to do with schooling or qualifications, I write as some one who "survived" an inner London "education".
***(not the highlights show! they used to show the first division games on terrestrial TV)