The Ab King Pro...

Shopping direct and BBC News. Both sell a product and spend millions trying to convince me they're right.

The only difference this morning?

Shopping direct seemed considerably more convincing.

After 20 minutes of Ab King Pro infomercial I found myself surprised at never having considered the necessity of rock hard abs – but daring to believe their product could provide me with them. Whereas coverage of the Afghani elections on the BBC seemed so contrived, I felt faintly embarrassed for the pretty girl with the symmetrical face having to read the crap out on air.

How is it that infomercials now seem more entertaining and more convincing than the news?

Bemused by the news...

So we're fighting terrorism - but we release people if there's oil up for grabs...

We send our troops, on foot, into Sanguine - but as any GCSE politics students could tell you, our commitment to the Afghan people will never outlast embedded warlords and extremists.....

The labour party talk up "efficient government" - and yet with a deficit at £180b we know our standard of living is only going 1 way....

Why is it that everything fed to me as news just seems more and more like a crock of shit