Panic Industry

Well, one week later and the whole Miley Cyrus drama seems pretty much forgotten. Time has moved on or at least the media have, keen as ever for fresh meat.

So, what’s been the buzz since then? Sure, the whole Barak Obama/Hilary Clinton stoush and who will lead the Democrats at the next election to what they assume is assured victory, even if these preceding months will have given the Republicans, what George Bush certainly had not – an actual chance of another term.

And on a completely serious note, the terrible tragedy to the Burmese people and the difficulties the UN and aid agencies are having in providing assistance; that has made the real news. But in the world of the hot-off-the-press tabloids and Google searches, it has been all about Britney Spears filming another episode of HIMYM.

For those in the US, Britney’s episode of HIMYM is screening on Monday night, but for those of us in the Antipodes (you overseas folk will have to Google that – a bit of education courtesy of Violet) who know when we’ll see it. Oh, yes, that’s right, we’ll catch it in dribs and drabs on websites and YouTube. That suits our attention span anyway.

Sadly, time is running out for the Burmese people, about one million are now homeless and following the cyclone and floods, are in danger of life threatening diseases such as malaria, and simple plain old starvation. Help needs to reach them in time but at this point all indications are that it won’t.

As for the Obama/Clinton stoush, calls are out for Hilary to give up, which she probably will, and what a shame that will be. But I guess there’s more fresh fodder for the press with Obama, plenty of scope to fill miles of reams for the tabloids. That too will change in time.

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