Re: well, there goes the BBC, too

John Larkin <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4340102.stm
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>"Shenzhou VI, which has two astronauts on board, is in a low enough
>orbit to be affected by the Earth's gravitational pull."

I'm afraid that is what passes for news nowadays. They did devote 1/4 of
the article to the birthday of one of the astronauts and his reaction to
chit chat from his wife.

Reporting of a great achievement for a nation reduced to touchy feely stuff
about an individual - typical.

Same with disaster reporting for example
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CADA8.htm

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