Martin World News

 

So tonight, I thought I would do this:  Let's hit the usual spots, subtract all posts about politics, big tech, COVID-19, SJW stories, and celebrity reactions to same, and see what we come up with as the FIRST remaining front page story.  Anyone betting on blank pages?  Let's go!

Fox News: What did they find? a false headline

 Waay down the list on Fox was this headline:

SEE PICS: Divers make chilling discovery on sea floor while searching for crashed plane

Guess what? When you go to the article, the headline changes to "Indonesian Navy Divers search for crashed plane's black boxes."  No chilling discovery, unless it was the divers discovering the water was cold 75 feet down.

CNN:  And now, a word from...

 

The first story meeting my requirements here is a story the Ford Mustang Mach E winning SUV of the year.  In other words, a commercial dressed up as news.  That gives us two slices of baloney so far...

Moscow Times:  And a side of torture with that...

 

A Stalin-themed shawarma shop in Moscow has been forced to close shortly after it opened to outcry over its provocative branding featuring the dictator’s portrait and employees dressed in Soviet-era security service uniforms.

I guess the good thing about this story is that Russia has cancel culture, too....

Xinhua:  Please, Xinhua is ALL politics...

News AU (Australia): Now there's some front page stuff

A famous cricketer having a great day gets accused of cheating in a big match.  What did he do?

On a dramatic day five, which saw India do the unthinkable by surviving for the loss of just five wickets to secure a heroic draw, cameras caught Smith shadow batting on the pitch while Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant blunted the Aussie attack.

Bizarrely, the 31-year-old then used his spikes to scuff up the batsmen’s markings on the crease they use as a guide for where the stumps are behind them.

If there is someone bi-lingual in sports here, we might need a translation.  To me, I gather it's kinda like the batter in a baseball game scraping away the home plate lines "since the umpire can't see them anyway".

Japan Times:  The wheels of justice grind slow, but... no, just slow

  Seoul Central District Court decided Monday to put off the ruling set for Wednesday on a lawsuit filed by former wartime "comfort women," who suffered under Japan’s military brothel system before and during World War II, demanding compensation from the Japanese government.

This came after a decision was scheduled for today, in a suit filed 5 years ago.  Not like it matters anyway, since Japan has already told them they're gonna reject any award on the basis of "sovereign immunity". On the other hand, just think of the tax money they get to waste this way!

BBC:  I didn't care then....

Sex In The City will be coming back without Kim Cattrall.  Which kinda sneaks past the "celeb reactions" piece but, having never watched it, I can't say if it's news or not.

The Copenhagen Post:  Hey keep it clean, willya?

I swear to you, this is the first headline that passes the rules- I guess it's a movie review...

On Screens for December: Pinocchio’s saved Christmas … no, that is not my dick

And no, I didn't ask...