Report What the Family Wear to the Wedding AFTER They’ve Worn It
Even I’m getting fed up with the wedding news. I was willing to make allowances in those first, heady 48 hours or so, when one assumes story editors were too buzzed with momentum, lack of sleep, the pressures of their bosses, the competition of the other newspaper and, one can only assume, cocaine, to form to a rational thought like, “This article about the future princess’s potential style of hats in her middle to advanced age might not be adding much value to this engagement story, actually.”
Today I saw a headline for a story which claimed to be written entirely about speculation about what the family will wear to the wedding. Seriously? And this a week after the engagement was announced?
This morning the Today Show opened with the breaking news that the wedding date had been set for some royal couple. They spent a long time on the subject. Then, they went to the “other headlines” segment in which they explained that North Korea had all but declared war on South Korea in an artillery attack. I’m torn about whether to criticize the producers for their blinkered news sense or salute them for knowing their audience so well.
November 25th, 2010 at 3:18 am
That’s the Today Show in the US? About the wedding of the next-but-one heir to a throne you guys departed from some centuries ago? Golly!
“Give me millinery or give me death!”
Happy Thanksgiving Day, former colonials who haven’t quite kicked the habit!
(Sings): Take an Indian to lunch this week Show him we’re a regular bunch this week Show him we’re as liberal as can be Let him know he’s almost as good as we
Make a feathered friend feel fed this week Overlook the fact he’s red this week Let him share our Quaker Oats ‘Cause he’s useful when he votes Take an Indian to lunch
Two, four, six, eight, who do we tolerate Indians, Indians, rah; rah; rah
Take an Indian to lunch this week Let him sit right down and munch this week Let’s give in and all do the brotherhood bit Just make sure we don’t make a habit of it
Take an Indian to dine this week Show him we don’t draw the line this week We know everyone can’t be As American as we - After all, we came over on the Mayflower - Take an Indian Not a wooden Indian But a real, live Indian To lunch!