castanyes blaves

A famous actor and comedian died this weekend from a long and suffering lung cancer. Media has covered this extensively and linked it to certain comments asking the Health Minister to toughen up on tobacco legislation.

One side of the media is to report and reflect on what is the buzz on the street and the other is to write knees-deep editorials on a given subject. But are you telling me no-one deserved media attention on stricter tobacco regulations when these were being voted last year? Why was all about interviews to pub owners complaining that their business was going to be hugely affected by the new regulations? What was the right proportion of pro/against opinion of media coverage then? 1/10? 1/1000?

I dare anyone to predict that laws will be a lot more permissive in 10 or 50 years time than they are today...