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Topic ID 2458
23/01/2007 by Mad Mick
The Herts Mercury
It has been suggested elsewhere on these boards that we should have a thread regarding the Mercury (not the Planet, the Paper!!) So, (If admin allows) here we go!
Q: Why do we still read it if it is such C**p?
If i have to answer my own question it would be this.
In my view it is better to be made aware of a story through the media so that (if interested) we may find out more for ourselves!
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Reply ID 34570
23/01/2007 by Steve
Hasn't this issue been covered in a number of other threads?
Reply ID 34574
24/01/2007 by Joby
quote:
Originally posted by Mad Mick
Q: Why do we still read it if it is such C**p?
Because there is no alternative - for local news, events, sport etc. it's all we've got.
Reply ID 34577
24/01/2007 by Mad Mick
Yes Steve it has. If you want to remove it, remove it, but im not going to! The reason i put it up is BECAUSE its mentioned everywhere else but does not have its own SPECIFIC thread, and, being perceived as the "only" local paper, I would have thought that if anything, its one of the only subjects hereabouts that should have an ONGOING thread! maybe im wrong?
edited: Please notice that i put this under the Leisure and entertainment heading!!
Reply ID 34606
24/01/2007 by codek2
Surely if you think of the mercury as rubbish, then all local papers are rubbish... Certainly i dont think the mercury is any better or worse than a lot of others!
Reply ID 34610
24/01/2007 by buzz
But surely, the point is, the Mercury is our local rubbish. It doesn't matter one jot or tittle what other papers are like, because we don't buy them or read them
Reply ID 34613
24/01/2007 by codek2
ok fair enough. then maybe my point is that by definition local news is just rubbish in itself.
Reply ID 34617
24/01/2007 by buzz
The way the Mercury reports it, it's just that
Reply ID 34625
24/01/2007 by Mad Mick
Now your talking! It may be rubbish (and i am not saying it is!) but its Local rubbish!
Reply ID 34639
24/01/2007 by Fish Wife
I just wanted to ask if anyone recognised The Mercury on last night's episode of 5 Days on BBC 1? Judging from the 'quality' of reporting of the fictional situation in the TV play, could it be the case that The Mercury now has an Equity Card?
Reply ID 34681
25/01/2007 by Avery
Maybe we could have a Mercury serction. where we can post anything to do the the Mercury. Or maybe a local paper serction ect.
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