As the end of the third lockdown is in sight (not there yet but heading in the right direction) it seems that the public (and tabloids) love nothing more than doom and gloom, there are more Corvid-19 and Brexit articles being uploaded than you can shake a stick at these days.
Actually, let me re-phrase it seems that the public (and tabloids) love one thing more than doom and gloom, and that’s SCANDAL. And right now, in the entire world, the biggest Scandal out there is the whole Meghan & Harry Interview with Oprah http://bit.ly/3vuIkR5 and no matter what side you come down on EVERYONE has an opinion.
So, it’s really quite fitting that the 27,000 unique article uploaded was about the fallout from the interview and more infighting http://bit.ly/3eHbeYg being played out for headlines. With ‘Callers’ saying that it is a BULL article and just another bite of the cherry for the publicity.
This got me thinking about a blog we posted back in 2017 called ‘Fake Headlines From ‘A Source’ For Clicks’ http://bit.ly/2NG5csD we actually used Meghan & Harry as an example of how publishers “make up stories and use the phrase ‘a source’, ‘a close friend’ or ‘people close to them’ to justify printing what is basically a load of lies (or made up by the reporter).” Which makes me wonder just how much of this fallout is being fed by the media to keep the clicks coming and just how long they will keep the plates spinning.
In a weird pre-emptive way we think we had it spot on back in the original blog when we said “I can’t even imagine what the headlines will be about the wedding, married life, royal duties, kids, jealousy, infighting, relatives and goodness knows what else but you know that this is going to run and run!” as 4 years later it has blown up more than anyone could possibly have imagined
The rest of the front page was filled with other BULL articles about a serial repeater Gemma Colins and her miracle weight loss, I’m A Celebrity destroying wildlife in Wales, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury walking away from their highly anticipated fight and how walking slowly makes you 4 times more likely to die from Covid-19 (I would say you can’t make this up but someone obviously has!)
There were also True articles about Tinder introducing background checks, who the big players are in global arms sales and Elon Musk changing his Tesla job title from CEO to ‘Technoking of Tesla’ (again you couldn’t make this up as people wouldn’t believe you!)
So a great spread of articles with some absolutely bonkers ones in there and as usual a great mix with repeat offenders being called out mercilessly as BULL and greatness just as often also recognised as TRUE
So if you see something that makes you laugh, angry, frustrated, concerned, happy, sad or just downright mad upload it to https://www.letscallbull.com for others to share with you and give their opinions and thoughts. You never know it might just change your mind or simply validate your opinion as we’re all in this together
Maxwell
Chief Admin
