While it is easier to write an article that is fact-checked and accurate than it has ever been in the past, the nature of mainstream media content, coverage and output has changed radically. And yet the death of the drummer achieves simultaneous prominence across our newspapers and broadcast media. The sheer volume of such material prevents journalists from even scanning, let alone considering, the merits or importance of such material. Or is it, in reality, lazy-minded dumbing down in our mainstream media? I have to confess that the coverage in the Winter Olympics of hours of curling left me completely bored.

Source: The Irish Times February 25, 2026 16:32 UTC