Katie Price and her pathetic search for media coverage.

I think in that particular case that the man in question was never charged but he lost his career over it, although his girlfriend at the time used the opportunity to springboard herself into the public eye off his bad publicity.
 
truthseeker said:
although his girlfriend at the time used the opportunity to springboard herself into the public eye off his bad publicity.
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Yes, talking of pointless celebrities, prepared to do anything to feature in the gutter press.................
 
liaconn said:
Yes, talking of pointless celebrities, prepared to do anything to feature in the gutter press.................
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and lets not forget, possible rape victims. Whatever peoples distaste for how others live their lives lets try and keep some perspective.
 
truthseeker said:
I once visited with a friend in the UK for a number of days and the only book in the bathroom was Jordans autobiography.
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I was saddened on holidays to see how most people's reading materials seemed to comprise of these celeb thrash biographies, Jordan, Katona, and a whole raft of Irish & UK sports people. Doesn't anyone read anymore?
 
Complainer said:
... Doesn't anyone read anymore?
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Apparently not, hence the attraction of the slurry-bios. Allegedly they are often co-authored / ghost-written by tabloid journalists so they consist of short words strung together alliteratively in a large type-face, illustrated by blurry pictures taken with telephoto lenses, captioned "Me Age 16", "Me an' Him", "Me an' Them", "Me", "Me in my first bikini (I was less smart then and didn't know a bikini had two parts)".
 
MrMan said:
and lets not forget, possible rape victims. Whatever peoples distaste for how others live their lives lets try and keep some perspective.
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I was talking about the girlfriend of the alleged rapist, not his victim.
 
Complainer said:
I was saddened on holidays to see how most people's reading materials seemed to comprise of these celeb thrash biographies, Jordan, Katona, and a whole raft of Irish & UK sports people. Doesn't anyone read anymore?
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I do!!

Actually last year on my holidays there were 12 copies of the same Harry Potter book being read around the pool, in 4 different languages :)
 
mathepac said:
Apparently not, hence the attraction of the slurry-bios. Allegedly they are often co-authored / ghost-written by tabloid journalists so they consist of short words strung together alliteratively in a large type-face, illustrated by blurry pictures taken with telephoto lenses, captioned "Me Age 16", "Me an' Him", "Me an' Them", "Me", "Me in my first bikini (I was less smart then and didn't know a bikini had two parts)".
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While I despair about the content, I wouldn't slag off the journalists who do the writing. It is very, very difficult to write in Plain English, and tabloid journalists are frequently very expert at this. Remember the oul joke about 'I didn't have time to write you a short letter, so I'm writing you a long one instead' (which has been variously attributed to Pascal, Pliny, Mark Twain & Samuel Johnson).
 
Complainer said:
It is very, very difficult to write in Plain English, and tabloid journalists are frequently very expert at this. Remember the oul joke about 'I didn't have time to write you a short letter, so I'm writing you a long one instead' (which has been variously attributed to Pascal, Pliny, Mark Twain & Samuel Johnson).
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Sorry for taking this off-topic but Im currently reading Steven Kings book "On Writing", it talks about how to write brief prose in plain English. Im not a fan of his work normally (though he has written some great stuff like "the Shawshank Redemption" and "Stand by me") but his book on writing is very good. Very interesting even if you are not into writing.
cas
 
Complainer said:
While I despair about the content, I wouldn't slag off the journalists who do the writing...
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I don't think I did slag them off, in fact if anything my remarks are complimentary as their work and their publications show remarkable similarities with those of a long-established, world-renowned publisher of specialist books.

  • An eye-catching colour cover
  • Large colour illustrations on the odd-numbered pages (3,5,7, etc.)
  • Large type-face
  • Short words
  • Short sentences
  • Short paragraphs
  • Simple, recyclable story-lines with fairy-tale qualities
  • Familiar, one-dimensional, interchangeable characters (Tom & Anne, Joe & Mary, Pat & Jo, Jo & Mary, Tom & Joe, etc.)
  • *** Apologies for the multi-syllable words above (sorry about the long words)
  • A shallow princess of some kind (any kind really)
  • A villain of some kind (wealthy, powerful, vain, cruel, self-serving (sorry, selfish), say a football club owner, a record-company executive)
  • Small format pages for ease of use (suitable for small hands with yet-to-develop fine motor skills or single-handed use by adults with tins of Dutch Gold / Big Macs on the go)
Granted there are differences (Ladybird Books don't publish offensive, racist, sexist or sexually explicit content for example and are aimed at educating and developing the minds and literacy skills of their readership) but I think the other comparisons are valid. :rolleyes:
 
casiopea said:
Sorry for taking this off-topic but Im currently reading Steven Kings book "On Writing", it talks about how to write brief prose in plain English. Im not a fan of his work normally (though he has written some great stuff like "the Shawshank Redemption" and "Stand by me") but his book on writing is very good. Very interesting even if you are not into writing.
cas
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Thanks for the tip, I've ordered the book from the library.
 
casiopea said:
Sorry for taking this off-topic but Im currently reading Steven Kings book "On Writing", it talks about how to write brief prose in plain English. Im not a fan of his work normally (though he has written some great stuff like "the Shawshank Redemption" and "Stand by me") but his book on writing is very good. Very interesting even if you are not into writing.
cas
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You mean 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption' I presume ..... Oh and I also presume you mean his novella 'The Body' which was made into the movie 'Stand By Me'. Seems to me that being 'not a fan of his work' translates roughly into not having much of a clue about his work at all.
 
Nedtastic said:
You mean 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption' I presume ..... Oh and I also presume you mean his novella 'The Body' which was made into the movie 'Stand By Me'. Seems to me that being 'not a fan of his work' translates roughly into not having much of a clue about his work at all.
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Are you Stephen King or something?
 
Nedtastic said:
You mean 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption' I presume ..... Oh and I also presume you mean his novella 'The Body' which was made into the movie 'Stand By Me'. Seems to me that being 'not a fan of his work' translates roughly into not having much of a clue about his work at all.
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What is the point of this post? Apart from being rude and pedantic?
 
liaconn said:
What is the point of this post? Apart from being rude and pedantic?
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Quoting an authors work in terms of the screenplays they were adapted into seems a little misleading to me .... call it rude if you like but a real fan of his work would find it hard to let that go.
 
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