The difference between US and UK news coverage on ebola

[Marc]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

I cant get past the fact that he himself isnt funny

[arista]

Yes Easy for him to show the Edits
and the 2 nations no alike.


Nothing Fecking New

[Marc]

look past it, look past it

[arista]

I cant get past the fact that he himself isnt funny


The TVNews Edits
help him make it easy

[Crimson Dynamo]

The TVNews Edits
help him make it easy

Also America is a huge nation with so many more news channels even in one state that the whole of the UK

[Kyle]

This is a good clip and it's something I've always suspected about in the US but man I just don't find Russell Howard funny at all.

He reminds me of the kid in school who was never unpopular but not popular either so breezes through school not having a single story whatsoever then decides to try and act the clown in college cos he realises his dick actually works and he fancies this media studies student called Kim and the only way he can get her to notice him is by making jokes and pulling funny smiley faces afterwards.

[user104658]

This is a good clip and it's something I've always suspected about in the US but man I just don't find Russell Howard funny at all.

He reminds me of the kid in school who was never unpopular but not popular either so breezes through school not having a single story whatsoever then decides to try and act the clown in college cos he realises his dick actually works and he fancies this media studies student called Kim and the only way he can get her to notice him is by making jokes and pulling funny smiley faces afterwards.
How specific...

Get what you mean though - he's the little kid who hung around with the cool kids desperately trying to make them laugh.

[Livia]

I think I must be the only person in the world who likes Russell Howard and finds him funny. How he ever gets work is beyond me.

The difference between the two news reports is typical of the way the UK and the UK approach virtually everything.

[Kyle]

How specific...



I tried so hard to make her laugh :bawling::bawling::bawling::bawling:

[Ramsay]

assss-nesss

[Jamesy]

I like Russell Howard. He's not exactly the best comedian on the planet. But he's still good, makes me laugh at times.

The Ebloa thing is just a funny highlight of how the US media and UK media are two polar opposites. Although UK media can be just over the top with some things.

[JoshBB]

i love russell howard so much

[Firewire]

Fox News being as racist and as ignorant as ever it seems

[arista]

Fox News being as racist and as ignorant as ever it seems


Its not just them.
Just that Host is the Best to give the
Keep them out anger

[zakman440]

:joker: I love Russel Howard, he always makes me laugh.

[Tom4784]

In fairness, the UK media is prone to fearmongering too, just hasn't happened as much this time.

[user104658]

In fairness, the UK media is prone to fearmongering too, just hasn't happened as much this time.
Indeed, they were pretty ridiculous with H1N1 and borderline hysterical with the measles "epidemic" in Wales last year, essentially making measles out to be some sort of apocalyptic plague when the reality is, in the vast majority of cases, it's less symptomatic than Chicken pox and clears faster.

Then again, lately the US have managed to be pretty hysterical about actual chicken pox :joker:.

[GiRTh]

In fairness, the UK media is prone to fearmongering too, just hasn't happened as much this time.:clap1:

[Tom4784]

Indeed, they were pretty ridiculous with H1N1 and borderline hysterical with the measles "epidemic" in Wales last year, essentially making measles out to be some sort of apocalyptic plague when the reality is, in the vast majority of cases, it's less symptomatic than Chicken pox and clears faster.

Then again, lately the US have managed to be pretty hysterical about actual chicken pox :joker:.

Let's not forget the doomsday predictions every time we have a little bit of snow.

[MTVN]

In fairness, the UK media is prone to fearmongering too, just hasn't happened as much this time.

Yeah plus I'm sure with the correct editing and selecting of clips it wouldn't be that hard to present this story the other way round, there has been plenty of Ebola scaremongering imo

[Kizzy]

Thing is with viruses they are really unpredictable and as flu keeps mutating antiviral meds just can't keep up. Measles is pretty bad for pregnant women and chickenpox can make men sterile so there's a worry there.
Ebola on a small island?... well, that just doesn't bear thinking about.

Playing down some issues to prevent panic and raising awareness of things that are within our control are sensible imo.

[the truth]

if all else fails have a go at the yanks, pathetic

im amazed howard has been allowed to impersonate an american black man on the uber liberal bbc....? or do the corrupt waste of space bbc only choose when such matters become a news story

the bbc is absolute ****, a total waste of billions of tax payers money, the worst news channel on tv a total laughing stock, the entire station has produces mostly garbage shows by an outdated formula for decades.

[Marsh.]

The TVNews Edits
help him make it easy

Also America is a huge nation with so many more news channels even in one state that the whole of the UK

Yes, it's just comedy guys. They tend to exaggerate things. :pat:

Not as much as America though. :fan:

[Livia]

if all else fails have a go at the yanks, pathetic

im amazed howard has been allowed to impersonate an american black man on the uber liberal bbc....? or do the corrupt waste of space bbc only choose when such matters become a news story

the bbc is absolute ****, a total waste of billions of tax payers money, the worst news channel on tv a total laughing stock, the entire station has produces mostly garbage shows by an outdated formula for decades.

Payback for Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

Oh, and Stewie in Family Guy, so technically we still owe them one.

[the truth]

Yes, it's just comedy guys. They tend to exaggerate things. :pat:

Not as much as America though. :fan:

its comedy unless mike reid does an impersonation, then its a criminal offence? this country is a basket case

[Marsh.]

its comedy unless mike reid does an impersonation, then its a criminal offence? this country is a basket case

Take your straw man to someone who can be bothered to humour you my love. :pat:

[the truth]

Take your straw man to someone who can be bothered to humour you my love. :pat:

another personal attack and non contribution , shame on you:nono:

[Marsh.]

Shame on me. :dance2:

[lostalex]

This is a comedy show with comedy editing. Most newsreaders in the US sounded exactly like the British newsreaders he showed at first.

[lostalex]

I think I must be the only person in the world who likes Russell Howard and finds him funny. How he ever gets work is beyond me.

The difference between the two news reports is typical of the way the UK and the US approach virtually everything.

actually it's not at all. It's just that America has a much larger press and so of course you can find more extreme voices in a much larger and more free press.

[the truth]

Payback for Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

Oh, and Stewie in Family Guy, so technically we still owe them one.

at least he was an entertaining dick lol stewie ius genius, an evil genius, family guy is hilarious, the simpsons has been class for decades, the seemingly endless run of great American comedies has long buried the british false accusation that yanks don't get irony..........its we who don't get it....we don't even get the fact that laughing AT people and being plain mean is never funny, never...........

we used to produce magic, absolte magic, it kills me to admit it but we lost it decades ago.......the us comedies are deeper, more well researched, the characters more well rounded, the plots and stories are unpredictable and multi faceted....ultimately theyre even kinder nicer warmer more broad minded than most british comedies and tv shows in general....we over rely on either the ancient scribes or the posh mansions and frocks.......id love to go for a pint in the cheers bar, get on fraziers couch, the fabulous larry sanders show, hang out with ellen, co for an al capacino with friends, chew the cud the Seinfeld and his odd buddies, go for cold one with the fonz and Richie Cunningham, further back the odd couple, or shooting the breeze with the greatest comedy mind on earth, larry david etc etc

their movies are endlessly funnier, darker, more unpredictable, they offer endless chances to writers and multi producers, even their serious dramas are funnier. dallas, the sopranos,west wing, etc

we have the ability but we offer no opportunities in this country....its often a case of individuals fighting the systems in the uk or us. once people slavishly follow the formula all the magic disappears.and that's exactly what happens with the twatfest that is the bbc

[Livia]

at least he was an entertaining dick lol stewie ius genius, an evil genius, family guy is hilarious, the simpsons has been class for decades, the seemingly endless run of great American comedies has long buried the british false accusation that yanks don't get irony..........its we who don't get it....we don't even get the fact that laughing AT people and being plain mean is never funny, never...........

we used to produce magic, absolte magic, it kills me to admit it but we lost it decades ago.......the us comedies are deeper, more well researched, the characters more well rounded, the plots and stories are unpredictable and multi faceted....ultimately theyre even kinder nicer warmer more broad minded than most british comedies and tv shows in general....we over rely on either the ancient scribes or the posh mansions and frocks.......id love to go for a pint in the cheers bar, get on fraziers couch, the fabulous larry sanders show, hang out with ellen, co for an al capacino with friends, chew the cud the Seinfeld and his odd buddies, go for cold one with the fonz and Richie Cunningham, further back the odd couple, or shooting the breeze with the greatest comedy mind on earth, larry david etc etc

their movies are endlessly funnier, darker, more unpredictable, they offer endless chances to writers and multi producers, even their serious dramas are funnier. dallas, the sopranos,west wing, etc

we have the ability but we offer no opportunities in this country....its often a case of individuals fighting the systems in the uk or us. once people slavishly follow the formula all the magic disappears.and that's exactly what happens with the twatfest that is the bbc

I worry for you.

[Jessica.]

I worry for you.
:joker: