Last night I had the luxury of watching the local news. And what an enlightening experience it was. There was so much blog-worthy goodness I might have to get Mrs to record it each night.

There was the usual croc-fest coverage. From the SCMP: Australian crocodile-hunter John Lever yesterday called an end to his hunt for the Yuen Long crocodile. Sure there's Bush's visit to Iraq, increased Taiwan/China tension and the like. But after a couple of local stories of little import there was the inevitable analysis of the days non-events with this crocodile. This crocodile has done more to put HK on the international map than the HK$100 million Harbour-Fest. So let's imagine that the HK Government committed the same kind of resources to this croc. Proper stadium seating, a daily roster of times for viewings, charging at HK$50 per hour. Add it to the mainland tourist trail around HK. Include it in advertising for HK. There's your new slogan: Hong Kong, City of Croc.

Otherwise the news was cr@p. Not the content, but the presentation. The readers were OK but the reporting was woeful. It seems that all Hong Kong media works on the assumption that their audience is completely stupid. Thus they require patronising coverage of any news event with simplistic interviews and little insight. To be fair this applies equally to the press and radio. What gives? Are all Hong Kongers so stupid? That's meant to be a rhetorical question.