Thread:Comments:Major snow disruption in Britain; Wikinews reports from affected village/Something's up

I appreciate that you have gone to lot of trouble to create this article but I feel there is something wrong with the sheer amount of coverage snow gets in the news. The thing that bugs me is that, unlike other news - nothing develops. Hour after hour (I'm refering now to the more mainstream media) of footage of a car struggling to drive up a small hill or people huddled on a platform waiting for a train that plainly isn't coming. The same format too; people struggling about a bit, a mention of some of the very worst incidents etc - some interviews with the ignorant public that seem to only be able to say 'there's no gritters, there's no gritters, there's no gritters' and then some footage of children playing. I'm sick to the teeth tbh; I have a window - I can see this all happening, I dont think it warrents being the main story every day. The on the scene correspondants don't adapt the 'terrible things are happening' tone of voice they use either. The same voice they use for cholera outbreaks in Haiti killings by a crime lord in Africa is used for this white fluffy stuff which puts everyone out a bit as if the snow ought to be combatted or something should be done by the government or the UN.

Local radio tells you which schools, roads and rail lines are open or closed - this is all the information you need.

Sorry about the rant if you've actually bothered to read it but I'm sick of it in the actual news and thought I may have escaped it on Wikinews. Plus I've got a lot of time on my hands - I'm snowed in!