Popular Elsewhere
15:33 UK time, Tuesday, 12 April 2011
A look at the popular stories on other news sites.
Time's most read article looks at . It comes after a physicians' campaign against a proposal to reduce care. The article argues there are "clearly two prevailing views on emergency care". Firstly, those informed by emergency departments depicted on TV shows like ER and Grey's Anatomy, "on which doctors and nurses dramatically and consistently (ie.., pretty much on every show) save lives". It says the second depicts the emergency department as "a haven for abusers - who also make the occasional cameo on prime-time medical dramas - the dreary characters who seek primary, nonurgent medical care or drugs in the ED because it's free and convenient, dragging doctors and nurses away from the important work of saving lives."
The Guardian's most read story asks . According to the article increasing numbers of women "admit to being hooked on internet porn". It quotes a 2006 study by the Internet Filter Review which found that 17% of women describe themselves as "addicted" to porn. It adds that Jason Dean from Quit Porn Addiction, the "UK's main porn counselling service", says almost one in three clients are women struggling with their own porn use.
Readers of Perth Now are catching up with the . Debate prevails over how to deal with the increase of teenagers sending naked pictures of themselves via their mobile phones. Meanwhile, a 14-year-old boy in Australia is appearing in court after allegedly asking an 11-year-old girl to send him a naked picture of herself. The boy appeared in Children's Court charged with one count to procure a child under 13 years to commit an indecent act.
Slate's most read article asks . On the one hand, consciously sticking to a word's original meaning may not get your message across and may make you look like a pedant. But on the other, if a word dies out, there may not be a synonym for it, meaning that losing that meaning will also mean losing a succinct way to express a concept.
Proving popular on the Economist's website is an account of . It is referring to the island of Cyprus's ongoing disagreement between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. The article says "gloom has settled" over the most recent talks. It quotes the Greek Cypriot president of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias as saying "progress has been zero since [his Turkish Cypriot counterpart] Mr Eroglu was elected".
