DadAgain

Yasi related media storm peaked at around 7pm last night as an expected Category 5 "Media Frenzy" (The most extreme news event in the scale).

The reports peaked with a serious "Event surge" shortly after 10pm and now the main frenzy has passed. Yasi, has now been downgraded to a Category 2 Media event (Some mild hysteria - but only minor localised interuptions) with some sporadic... outbreaks of damaging hyperbole expected to continue for the rest of the next few days.

Media experts agree that climate change models predict a great increase in severe media frenzy events in the future and warn that we should be prepared for more serious and intense media storms in the years ahead.

moneypenny20

Maybe I've missed a lot but there seems to have been a lot less media porn than during the floods.

jad n rich

Media experts now cram current affair and today tonight with general hysteria over shortages, levies, price increases and new taxes.

Bananas most likely suspect to be used beating public into submission and paying 10 times over the odds for day to day items.

Flood tax is followed by Yasi levy.

Ian Thorpes comeback surges from second news story to 6pm gold ( loved the way it went straight from cyclone to thorpe - nowt else happened in world then? )

DadAgain

No it seems the impending Egyptian civil war and inevitable domino like collapse of any kind of stability in the entire middle east is not *that* much of a big deal. There are more important things:

- Its a bit windy up north
- Some fat gay bloke has re-kindled his aquatic excercise regime.

Kim67

There are 16 free to air channels - just change the channel. For news on Egypt go to SBS World News or check online - or email your friends that are there - simple......you're more over dramatic than the news reporting.

DadAgain

Stop spoiling my fun!

(..and there were at least 4 channels on permanent 'cyclone' reporting yesterday [including the usually calm rational ABC24] - which by any standards is excessive.)

moneypenny20

Oh I missed that breaking news, has he finally come out of the closet?

DadAgain

Well not officially - but.... seriously?

lancastrian48

They pulled City Homicide

Pollyana

I don't think anyone in the cyclone zone would describe last night as "ä bit windy". And if we hadn't put out warnings in the media, and TC Yasi had crossed at high tide with a resultant storm surge of 6 metres in places and people had drowned.........you would now be posting that the media should have deovted more time to warnings.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.


Though I agree that the hysteria in some of this mornings broadcasts with fake wind noise in the background was unnecessary. That wasn't preparation and warning, that was "bad news sells, if there isn't any, lets create it" and thats what really shouldn't happen.

moneypenny20

He's a fool for not, imo because as long as he doesn't it just detracts. It doesn't even matter but he so obviously is, I don't see the point His right of course, just makes no sense to me.

DadAgain

Dont get me wrong - I think the work of Emergency Services, Police, Politicians et al was a fine example of *precisely* how to deal with such an event - and should be commended accordingly.

It was the media salivating at the prospects last night and seeming disappointent at the lack of recordbreaking dramatic morning headlines that I object to.

I reckon frequent updates (& scrolling info bars) with short news bulletins between regular programs would have been enough, rather than constant crosses to journalists stood on streets up and down the FNQ coast that at that time were nothing more than a little breezy.

Bernieboy

Does that mean you will no longer be posting death and destruction notices not seen since Noah paddled off

spartacus

I wish I had a dollar for every time Sky News used the word "bunkered" and/or "hunkered" on their coverage last night.

moneypenny20

You sure you weren't on ABC? The Ladies golf is on and they just mentioned bunkered. Not heard hunkered though