Media roundup: The good, the bad, and the ugly jerks

Examples of inspiration, dejection, and despair from the global media.

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Food inflation in the UK is at its highest level since 1977. Tough times require clear, informative, and practical reporting. Sometimes it helps to insert a bit of levity. Here are 2 good examples.

Bravo. Says everything you need to know in the headline and image, even though the image is somewhat playful.

This, from The Financial Times, also tells you everything you need to know. More than that, it highlights very clearly where the opportunities for creative disruption lie: in agrifood tech (feed), clean energy (fuel), and fertilizer (see <===agrifood tech).

Tensions between the US and China are at a very serious point. Trust The Financial Times to deftly take the air out of the hysteria while telling you what you need to know.

Spy balloon popped.

///The Bad///

Newswire newsrooms thrive on bad news, where editors plug in recycled tension words wherever they can, making the world feel like it’s worse than it actually is.

Sliding, jumping, hiking, surging, hiking again, and raising. This Reuters Home Page has you covered for regurgitated tension words.

Some editors just love to reinvent things that have been around since forever and give them fancy clickbait names.

Yes I believe that’s called just another day in the office, since the beginning of time.

Yes I have some questions DocuSign. I want to make sure my laptop is shut at 4.59pm, but what do I do if my employer/clients won’t let me? What if I work with teams around the world and I need to open my laptop again at 6pm? Will you please Contact Me?

///STOP SPAMMING ME BRO///

and the ugly Jerks.

I have tried unsuccessfully to unsubscribe again and again and again from Currys, a UK gadget shop, since I (just) once bought a gadget there over a year ago. Kudos Currys for being Un-unsubscribable! Jerks.

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