With the news of hurricanes quickly whisking themselves away, the media turns to cold and flu season for its latest outbreak of media frenzy. This affliction which affects mainly reporters and those who run news agencies occurs any time a story i...
NEW YORK, NY--Tropical storm Irene, formally known as Category 1 Hurricane Irene, took time to address reporters in-between rain showers today, saying that she felt the attention given to her was largely unwarranted, citing her largely manageable...
Houses of Parliament, Westminister, London: According to what we have all been taught in textbooks at school and university, the British constitution worked along these lines. Britain was a representative democracy; the police were reasonably hones...
Sorry, Doshless of York is set to cage battle Rebekah Brooks in a televised event aimed at determining Britain's Most Loathed Red Head. "It's bound to be an outcome that can't be predicted," boasted match organizer Simone Cowbell. "Which of the...
Despite an extensive and prolonged media effort, last nights top of the table clash turned out to be a slightly underwhelming nil-nil draw, of the type that makes well adjusted football fans shrug philosophically and Alan Green explode in self-righte...
A press release, made on behalf of Britain's more recent Universities, announced that while the actual degrees from these establishments will not be of any use until the day we run out of Andrex, they are leading the field in providing plausible, if...
The world of football was stunned last night when, tired, stressed and under pressure, a football manger made a slightly one-eyed and ill-judged comment. Bill McBain, who had just seen his team lose two points in a crucial relegation battle follow...
All the recent publicity regarding super injunctions appears to prove one thing - super injunctions are a complete waste of time and money, and only serve to focus even greater interest in the stories the litigants are attempting to gag. (Okay, that'...
Rejecting Liberty Media's latest bid for the struggling book store chain, Barnes & Noble has announced the acceptance of a deal from The Gap that will merge current bookstore locations with clothing and accessories from Baby Gap specialty stores.
The television coverage of the Royal Wedding began five hours prior to the wedding, and continued for the rest of the day across just about every channel. Such was the scrabbling for angles that hadn't already been covered that the channels were s...
The UK media is gearing up to make 2011 the biggest April Fools Day ever. Already newspapers are mocking up pictures of a church on the moon for the Royal Wedding, a huge electrical generating genetically modified tree and a new underwater car. Meanw...
Overnight explosions rocks Fukushima Number Three reactor, Number Two now reported to be 'critical' and radioactive clouds rumoured to headed for the densely populated Tokyo/Yokohama megalopolis. Fears rise of a secondary deadly quake, another tsu...
George Patton, legendary World War 2 commander, has emerged as the surprise favourite to be the next chairman of the BBC Trust. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt put Patton's name forward as the government's favoured candidate at the end of a gruellin...
OAK BROOK, IL. - In a shocking announcement, McDonald's was pleased today to announce that it had acquired Viacom for $62.99 and as a result, Viacom will be absorbed into McDonald's. In addition to this, Viacom International announced that as of Janu...
BIRMINGHAM & LONDON - In a surprising move today, the BBC and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. will move their base of operation to the city of Birmingham. Many other media outlets, such as ITV and EMI Music will also move. "We're sick of London...
There are people in the world that set the new trends. They make the breakthrough's that give humankind the appearance of being a species worthy of continuing along the evolutionary path. There are people that dance enthusiastically to the beat of a...
The latest Wikileaks posting reveals infiltration of the U.S. broadcast media by Canadian operatives acting as agents of Great Britain. Leaked memos indicate that operatives were discovered through Operation American Poutine - a Department of Justic...
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