A right royal scandal

Yesterday 2 men were accused of trying to blackmail the royal family after they tried to sell a story to the news of the world. the story was that the 2 men had recordings of a sex scandal involving an unnamed 'extended' member of the royal family. Now we're pretty special here in Britain because we have a royal family and the tourists who come over seem to think its cool so obviously we made international news.

At the last count I'd found 527 articles about the 'Royal sex scandal' and although many of the stories were from English newspapers, websites and blogs there were still quite a few international ones:
1) The Canadian Press
2) New York Daily News
3) Sify News (India)
4) Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
5) Scotsman.com

Although most of the pieces are headed as 'scandal' there is not actually much detail of what actually took place (god bless censorship) most of the articles in fact concentrate their coverage on the two men who made the initial accusations. The stories focus on how the two men tried to black mail the royal family before been caught by an under cover police man posing as a spokesperson for the royal family. The plot thickens...

Google news and google reader

Over the past week I have been playing with both Google news and Google reader, overall I feel that it's easier for me to find my own information by myself and that it's more enjoyable t do it that way. However, that been said, i did come across some articles that i wouldn't have read if the site hadn't suggested them to me.

I think that the sites are good for people who haven't got ti me to look for information and who just want to be updated quickly every day. Or maybe busy parents who want to stay in touch with the world but still have time to chase around the children!!

I did find a blog that hs been amusing me though, it's called four in a row about a woman with four children under 5. Nightmare!