1000 Shades of Grey

Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Power to the workers

Apparently, the Tube is on strike today.

So what? I don't live in London, I don't care. So why does the London based media insist on calling this national news? If the Newcastle Metro went on strike, it'd get top billing on Look North, the front page of the Evening Chronicle, but no mention on the national news. So why is that not the same for the Tube?

By all means clog up the Evening Standard with articles about how evil the Tube drivers are for wanting better working conditions and pay (out of curiosity, who wouldn't like better working conditions and pay?), but don't fill national papers with this stuff. The majority of the UK population does not live in London, and therefore is not affected by this. So why is it national news?

Because it affects the journalists who write the news, that's why.

- posted by Paul @ 11:16 am

Comments:

The Tube carries as many individual passengers a year as the population of Australia (19 million).

That's why it's national news.

# posted by

Del : 2:44 pm

But taking that as a figure for one day that's only 52, 055 people. Surely they could all just read about it in the standard/watch BBC London to find out any more information that they want?

I strongly doubt that the rest of the country care, because it doesn't affect them.

# posted by

Paul : 3:05 pm

You're right, only 7 million people live in London and the story is not worthy of the national media.

We should also ban all stories about Scotland, Northern Ireland, babies, dog owners and indeed politicians. I could live with the latter.

# posted by

diamond geezer : 3:25 pm

At least politicians affect the nation with the decisions they make.

The same cannot be said for babies, and most Scotland/Northern Ireland stories only get broadcast in their regions.

# posted by

Paul : 3:39 pm

I think it's one of those North/South divide things everyone's been going on about. Except i wasn't really paying attention, because I live in wonderful beautiful London, the jewel in the crown, the apex of this sceptured isle, the greatest city in the world!

Rah rah rah! We're going to smash the oiks!

# posted by

Del : 11:52 pm

Pleasantly surprised to find that the tube strike only appears on pages 6 and 26 of my (Midlands) copy of the Guardian today.

On that basis I'd like to partially retract some of the stuff I said yesterday about it only being local news.

It is only local news, but at least it isn't clogging my national newspaper - just filling a bit of it, which I can live with.

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