Aircraft ditched off Sydney Northern Beaches this morning?

[Worrals in the wilds]

I don't know that they actually demand it. I think they accept it blindly because it's there, as people used to accept public hangings and going to Bedlam for an entertaining look at the crazies fighting each other. A good chunk of the human race adds weight to the hairless chimpanzee theory but it doesn't mean that it should be encouraged.

If public opinion was all that counted the news would consist of porn, illegal music downloads and Nigerian scams. They're supposed to be better than that and they keep telling us they're better than that. It's starting to sound hollow.

As for the dive footage, I agree that's revolting. Why not go the whole Al Jazeera approach and show the dead bodies in car accidents? When criticized by Western journos claiming intellectual superiority (after several televised beheadings by terrorists) AJ just shrugged their collective shoulders and said 'That's what our public want.' Given half a chance I suppose a lot of our public would be the same. Bedlamworld, anyone? Kids get in free.