And of course you’d have to wonder what has happened to news reportage in general but on the radio in particular.
Two days ago I heard a newsreader say this; “three men have been arrested in connection with distant republican activity”. Last week I heard the Italian Prime Minister being called Silvio Berluscoli. Also last week, on three separate bulletins, I hear that Barack Obama’s jobs program was worth $447 million.
Factual errors are unforgivable but equally as offensive is the unchanging upbeat delivery. With this approach there is no alteration of tone, pitch or gravity regardless of the story at hand. So the famine, genocide, earthquake, kidnap, road accident or brutal daylight assault gets the same treatment as the new baby panda at Dublin Zoo.
I’d say Steve Coogan would be shocked to learn that in Ireland Alan Partridge turned out to be an inspirational figure.
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