http://www.plashingvole.blogspot.com/ is one my Media and Communication lecturers blogs that a regularly look at, and on it he makes very interesting points, along side typical diaryesq posts, it’s very much worth a look. The following is an entire post taken from his blog regarding the death of Jade Goody, which I very much agree with, thus the repost.

I’m slightly saddened by the death of Jade Goody – as saddened as I was by Diana’s death: someone I didn’t know, don’t respect and don’t otherwise care about dying young. I’m angry because I switched on the news yesterday to hear the words ‘The Prime Minister and the Archbishop of Canterbury led the tributes to Jade Goody…’.

This is a political, moral and journalistic failure. We’re all going to die – it’s not a special achievement. Such figures should be too busy to express and opinion about a citizen they don’t know, and WHAT TRIBUTE COULD POSSIBLY BE PAID? Goody was emblematic of a failed social and educational system, as and such should spur us on to make this country a kinder, gentler place – but she achieved nothing other than to highlight these failings.

It’s a journalistic failure because the press shouldn’t be wasting the prime minister’s time with this rubbish – it’s an attempt to catch him looking out of touch. Meanwhile his advisers will have prepared a response to make him look in touch. Neither side cares about this unfortunate woman.

Once again, i reccomend you go take a look at his blog which can be found at: http://www.plashingvole.blogspot.com/