Grave Robbers Hit The Frontpage

The guys at Wikinews are probably not going to love me for pointing this out! But today the alternative news site once again shows us that it is truly alternative by giving yet another strange story top priority.

I am of course talking about the story: UK guinea pig farm to close after owner's family grave robbed. A strange tale which begins like this:
»A forty-year-old British guinea pig farm is to close after a six-year campaign of intimidation by animal rights extremists culminated in the remains of the family's dead mother being dug up and stolen...«

A tragic story for the family involved, no doubt - - but does it really belong on the front page of the news site among headlines like: Israel completes Gaza strip, West Bank pull-outs and Draft constitution pushed into Iraqi Parliament.

I've argued for a stronger system of prioritizing news at the Wiki site before, so I wont do it again ;-)

Technorati: Media |Journalism |Wikinews

Comments

[CGorman]

Your right Henrik. I apologise - I was on holidays... the place falls down without me!