Something's up

I appreciate that you have gone to lot of trouble to create this article but I feel there is something wrong with the sheer amount of coverage snow gets in the news. The thing that bugs me is that, unlike other news - nothing develops. Hour after hour (I'm refering now to the more mainstream media) of footage of a car struggling to drive up a small hill or people huddled on a platform waiting for a train that plainly isn't coming. The same format too; people struggling about a bit, a mention of some of the very worst incidents etc - some interviews with the ignorant public that seem to only be able to say 'there's no gritters, there's no gritters, there's no gritters' and then some footage of children playing. I'm sick to the teeth tbh; I have a window - I can see this all happening, I dont think it warrents being the main story every day. The on the scene correspondants don't adapt the 'terrible things are happening' tone of voice they use either. The same voice they use for cholera outbreaks in Haiti killings by a crime lord in Africa is used for this white fluffy stuff which puts everyone out a bit as if the snow ought to be combatted or something should be done by the government or the UN.

Local radio tells you which schools, roads and rail lines are open or closed - this is all the information you need.

Sorry about the rant if you've actually bothered to read it but I'm sick of it in the actual news and thought I may have escaped it on Wikinews. Plus I've got a lot of time on my hands - I'm snowed in!

It's not like there's hundreds of articles. One. We've had one.

What's more concerning is that I've just reviewed one article on a British fluff entertainment show, and there are two others in the works. That's something I can see people having good cause to get fed up with.

I know there's only been one on here but I was talking about them in the general media. I meant that I'd hoped there'd be more pressing matters in the world which may warrent the top story on this site. Perhaps I have a gripe because I live not far away from the example case, in Bedfordshire so I feel it ought to be a lower priority story.

This is for the article itself; grumble about lead placement on talk:main page or the talk for the lead template. (I never touch the leads anymore) Or, feel free to update them yourself if you're feeling brave. It all gets checked before going 'live', so you can't screw anything up.

Here in the Eastern Scottish Borders we should be ok, but both here and just South of the Border the handling of the A1 is pisspoor, so I do my annual broken record grumble about it.