Is it just me or is the news getting boring. Because of the articles we create on Srizzil I try to keep up to date with what is going on around the world and in our home country, South Africa. But with all the amazing technology and millions of sites updated every couple of seconds the news seems to be getting really stale.

There is always someone famous going rouge, adopting orphans, or splurging their millions on something completely ridiculous. There are always corrupt and lying politicians, weird people having too many babies or strange weather patterns accruing all over the world. There’s always a war to be stopped and one getting started, another big company picking on the little guy and some new gadget that nobody needs but everybody wants. It’s old, it’s boring and it’s sad.

I don’t know about you but I’m tired of hearing about these things. They aren’t interesting anymore, they aren’t innovative or award worthy. Today news outlets make up stories to sell papers to the extent of ruining people’s lives for something they never did. It’s about hype and telling everyone that the guy they thought was great isn’t actually great at all. It’s about trying to prove genuine people have something to hide at all costs, driving the person to the point of insanity. Why? For money, fame or do these people get a kick out of seeing other people down?

It’s time the media started reporting on things that are newsworthy, things that are different. How about telling us what’s happening with cancer research. Not just that they may be one step closer to a cure but what do we know and what don’t we know. What can we as citizens do to help? What about discussing the real issue behind gay rights? It’s not whether or not they deserve rights as gays, it’s about weather society actually agrees that being gay is as normal as the media makes out. We won’t get into it all here but the fact is society is not ready to accept gay behaviour because they haven’t lost their sense of right and wrong completely yet.

Let’s be controversial but for the right reasons. Let’s do it to stir up discussion, to make change, to be a positive influence on other people and not be a group of whiners. Let’s get over the fact that people are racist and look at why they are racist. How do we change people’s perceptions of each other to the extent that colour is no longer an issue? Fighting over who is racist and who isn’t or who’s better off than who won’t solve a thing.

Wake up media. It’s time for a refresh.