I don't care

[tsaiko]

I wish Kate and William all the best in the world.

But I don't need a play by play, CNN, on what the hell is going on. "Happy Couple signs the wedding registry at Westminster Abbey as the choir plays." "Royal couple leaves Westminster Abbey hand in hand as Orchestra plays." "Royal couple leaves Westminster Abbey in carriage, waving to the crowd." Fuck, I don't even pay this much attention to weddings I'm actually attending.

I'm in America. Not Britain. There was a war fought that caused us to be two separate countries. Maybe you've heard of it? So why do you feel this event important enough to eat the front pages of every news organization website I visit? I mean, the BBC I understand. It's the BBC. Britain is happy. Their celebrations are to be expected. But the New York Times? USA Today? The Washington Post? Really? Is there nothing better going on?

Man, I'm glad those two are married. Then maybe I won't have to hear any more about them for awhile. May they live a long and happy life together, far away from the media.

Comments

[tygati.livejournal.com]

*snicker* (http://galynthia.livejournal.com/481990.html) Someone feels exactly the same way. ;)

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

Man, I totally feel her pain. :D

[andra-sashner.livejournal.com]

LLOOLL I totally get what you mean. There's civil war and conflict and all the news channels are focusing n our royal couple to the exclusion of almost everything else, idiots. Take a deep breath, let it out slowly...

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

I am trying, I really am.

I think my biggest annoyance is how the US media is treating the whole thing. If I hear "just like a fairytale" or how they are "so much in love" one more time, I may break something. It's just really, really obnoxious. I feel much the same way when they go on and on about movie stars. Let them live their lives.

[ormery.livejournal.com]

Britain is happy? No way, I'm fucking enraged and disgusted.

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

And see, that's something else that really annoys me about how the wedding is being covered here in America. It's being billed as a "Everyone in Britain is happy now that Will and Catherine are getting married" as if all of Britain were one giant hive mind and the only reason Britain was didn't like their monarchy was because of the trouble between Princess Di and Prince Charles.

Perspective. I would like some in my news reporting.