Issues with the media

Mate, there are far more important issues in the media. The British public need to know about stars such as Jordan and how is Britney Spears keeping these days?

This is important to the British public, everything else can sit upon the back burner.

steveb

There is a law which states that if a person or their home has received a make-over on television they have to say "wow!"

I assume that if they are wow-refusers and try to say something like "that's quite nice, thank you" the production team will kidnap them with no food or water until they emit the customary squeals and say ....... well, you can fill in the gap.

I totally agree! Somehow the problems that the Arabs and the Israelis have is an "Arab/Israeli issue." Or acne problems become "skin issues" (although a pimple can issue forth pus). How about when a yoga instructor asks "Does anyone have any back issues?". I'm temped to say, "Yes. I have back issues of National Geographic magazine."
There's also an epidemic of overusing the words "amazing", "huge' (when "huge"'isn't big enough, I've heard "huge, huge" and "big huge"), and more recently "obviously". I find myself counting the number of times someone says one of the overused words, most often heard on tv. Most people don't seem to notice. I wish I were one of them.

I totally agree! Somehow , there are no longer "problems"...as in "The Arab/Israeli issue", or describing acne as a "skin issue" (although a pimple can issue forth pus). Or when the yoga instructor asks "Does anyone have any back issues?" I'm always tempted to say, "Yes, I have back issues of National Geographic." And how about the epidemic of overusing "actually", "amazing" , "huge", and more recently "obviously". Drives me crazy! I wish I didn't hear it. Most people don't notice. I'd like to be one of those people.

Yes you are absolutely right. With the UK General Election that has just taken place and the resulting 'hung parliament' the word has reached epidemic proportions.

I am SO very happy to see I am not the only one who has a problem with the unnecessary and over use of the word "issue". I can remember when a problem was called a problem and an issue was a publication. I think people hear other people say this infectious word and believe for some reason it makes them sound smart or educated.. to me it just sounds like people attend too many seminars and that's the only word they use to sound smart amongst themselves.

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.