An article in the Guardian today decried the use of Twitter remarks as being newsworthy, and made reference to Mail Online that have an internal rule to get Twitter 'news' on the web within 3 minutes. 3 minutes!! They will struggle to verify the source and accuracy in that time. The ironic thing is that the Guardian punctuate many of their news stories with Twitter remarks. You won't find them here.
..and talking of non-stories, there was an article in the Mail (them again) commenting on Katherine Jenkin's attire during the London Marathon - evidently she wore designer sunglasses and decent earrings. Her response was picked up by the BBC (not sure how) where she 'had a go' back at the author of the original piece. The thing that exasperates me is that the BBC would want to run this story in the first place - I wonder if she has a contact in the BBC news room that pushed it to the top of the news queue. Whatever it was, it was a waste of digital space.
I had a good spin last night, managing a decent time round my regular 26 mile loop. I'm looking for parts to put onto my new bike frame, and can't decide what level I ought to buy. There's a huge difference in price for the different grades- £721 versus £2826 for Shimano 105 v. Dura Ace kit. It's safe to say the I won't be buying much Dura Ace, and I'm even looking at some Taiwanese (Microshift) options that look to be good value. I'll probably transfer the good stuff from my Trek, and then get lower end or 2nd hand stuff to replace it with.
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