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TIL that on 18th April 1930, BBC announced that there was no news and played piano music on the radio instead.
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I really feel like that needs to be done more often.
“Where’s the bloody news” Thompson said angrily as he drank his morning tea
I blame Ted Turner for instigating the 24hr news cycle. We elevated the trivial to newsworthy simply to fill in time.