Issues with the media

Couldnt agree with you more,for christs sake in most cases its a 'problem'.
how will anyone face anything if its just an 'i***e'.iIthought it was just me..also we dont have 'murder' anymore on the news..its....'homicide' ..shakes head....

I'm glad people agree on the massive overuse of the word 'issues'. People using that are just sheep with no thought process of their own. It was a word I rarely used before, but no I go out of my way to NEVER use it. Also, I'm incredibly annoyed by the use of the corporate catch phrases 'going forward' or 'moving forward'. Nice going, corporate robots.

with reference to sky subscriber, do youse know that sky are asking for two months in advance payment if youre services get stopped due to non-payment or failed direct debit.
the only way to avoid this is to clear owing balance and set up a direct debit with sky.
no customers were told of this, and the first time they are told is when they call up to pay bill to get services on again. this causes a few angry customers whom generaly through abuse down the line to the advisor that is there to help them,
so be warned!!!!!

I'm relieved to have found other people who are as repulsed as I am by the overuse of the word "issue." And "repulsed" is not overstating it! I actually feel a slight twinge of nausea and weariness.

The impression I get when I hear or read this word thrown around is of a speaker or writer both ignorant and pretentious, a bad combination. It feels as if there's an element of in-crowd-ishness, too--think of that bland, complacent mass of people who don't think much or deeply and who resent being pulled into the apparently scary maelstrom of conscious communication.

I had an electrician once who told me home's electrical system had issues. I said if I had known that, I would have called an electrical therapist. I think this comes from psychobabble of twelve step programs or something like that. You can't tell someone he has a problem. . . too negative. And too fixable. Have a problem, fix it. Got an issue, get a tissue.

Well said, I fully agree with and support you on this. Even when people are talking about a solution to what is a problem they keep referring to the problem as an issue.

I also have a big issue with the overuse of the word issue. it is causing me such issues that I have an issue with listening to the radio in the car as everytime I hear the world issue I wince and cringe and have started to groan as well. Before long I shall be screaming out loud. I fear I may be so distracted that I may vere of the road and have an accident. I shall then have a care repair issue and the police will have issues with me.
It is driving me crackers to the point where I fear that I may have mental health issues.

Seriously though, you are spot on. I am relieved to know that I am not alone in suffering these issues with"issue".

bless you!

Sounds like you have a nasty cold there ;)

I absolutely agree with the issues that you are coming accross with and I am absolutely lovin it.But listen up people say they are English and issue forth a lot of these words because they like to be fashionable.
And if you understand any of this I suggest you may have an issue with the English language,absolutely.

The media serve a purpose of some sort. They are there to inform, entertain and to some degree perhaps even educate - although I'd hardly call big brother educational! We can have issues about many things, but the media because it is so entangled in our daily lives, someone somewhere is always going to have an issue (whatever that is) with some aspect of it.

Just a thought.

I've got issues with the media, interviewers are really annoying when they treat the people they are interviewing like idiots. Stupid phrases and jargon just gets up my nose

What do we actually call an issue anyway? I really don't think that anything sport or celeberaty related should be considered an issue given the current situation in the world.