BBC News and the normlisation of death
Deadening death Having wasted months during which the government could have built up supplies of testing kits and PPE and could have organised tracing teams, it has instead indulged in a chaotic and reactive game of catchup. The mainstream media (MSM), with the notable exception of Channel 4 News, have been unwilling to hold the government to account. Instead, we endure the unedifying spectacle of the daily briefing, which serves only to demonstrate how woeful our journalists are. Obvious questions, particularly relating to PPE and testing are not asked, or not as brutally as needed, or when they are asked, the question is usually surrounded by less difficult questions, which of course get answered instead. My point cuts deeper than just the obvious ineptitude. The output of the MSM has become so bland that we fail to register the tragedy. The numbers of dead have become a grisly contest with other nations to see who has the best curve. By using military metaphors and other diversio