It’s 6am and i’m enjoying my Sunday morning coffee and a cigarette whilst scrolling through the days so-called news in the Apple News service and i come across a piece from the Metro’s Deputy Lifestyle Editor – Kristina Beanland, now Kristina bills has i assume unlike myself studied Journalism and had some kind of career as a writer in order to reach the dizzy heights of a Deputy Editor at the Metro (one of the UK’s largest circulation newspapers), but where does the Journalism stop and the push to fill column inches start, and to be honest looking at her latest stories it’s hard to tell.
The particular piece of page filling, trash click-bait that actually drew me in was a story about a so called influencer (with 8,000 followers *cough*) who refused to attend her best friends wedding, because for 1 whole day, not even that an entire 12 hours she would not be able to stick to her strict meal prep that keeps her looking her best for her followers, (by the way her best appears to be a fake tan, amongst other probably fake or bottoxed body parts).
My initial response was to think if your any kind of freind you could sacrifice your diet plans for one bloody day, and to tut at the reference of a 29 year old woman with fake tits and 8,000 followers being referred to as any kind of influencer. But then you read down though the dross quotes about what is and isn’t acceptable at weddings to the bit where this woman is referred to a ‘the model’ and we find her claim to fame is that she appears to have won Miss Bumbum Brasil 2024, hardly the paris catwalk or cover of Vogue. and looking at google her main claim to fame appears to be this story, which it would appear she has shared more than once.
- It’s baffling to think that someone could place their online persona above all else, especially in such a significant moment as a wedding day.
- This seems to underscore a deeper issue within social media culture, where validation from strangers often trumps real-life relationships.
- In an age where social media influences our perceptions, it raises questions about the authenticity of so-called influencers and their reasons for seeking fame.
- Perhaps we should consider whether this fixation on superficiality is detrimental not only to friendships but also to the quality of journalism we consume.
- As readers, we must demand better content that reflects genuine stories rather than repetitive sensationalism.
- The degradation of meaningful journalism speaks volumes about our consumption habits and the kind of content we support.
- This entire scenario exemplifies the alarming trend of prioritizing clicks over quality, a dangerous precedent for the future of media.
So here we have a journalist who is a supposed lifestyle deputy editor, but if you look at her last couple of months of articles 4 of them (and there was only 20) were about menu changes at McDonalds and KFC, one about Aldi being cheap and another about some bollocks no one cares about at Marks & Spencers, and we have a selfie queen / model who has been pushing her story around at the expense of her so-called best friend (who i assume is really happy for her), and what do we get as a result, total dross for the sake of filling column inches and dragging in clicks on the Internet, and sadly more and more this is what so called journalist are passing off as stories, it’s lazy, it’s not news, and quiet honestly these people should be ashamed of themselves both for pushing the story and for publishing it. it’s no wonder the printed word is struggling for readers.
All just my ten-penneth of course, now back to my coffee…..
