Popular Elsewhere
15:15 UK time, Wednesday, 9 November 2011
A look at the stories ranking highly on various news sites.
A popular World Crunch article translates . Here's a tale of a man counting his blessings after resignation, only to be shot down again by his interviewer:
"Berlusconi closes by saying he is consoled by knowing that he was 'the longest-serving (Italian) Prime Minister in history.' But I interrupt to correct him, pointing out that Giovanni Giolitti had served longer back in the 19th century... He is quiet for a moment, then adds. 'This (record) of Giolitti, I didn't know about. That's a pity, really a pity. Well, good night.'"
Guardian readers are clicking on an article which asks why . While it seems to be becoming a compulsory part of male friendships, the paper asks if it just an excuse for bullying. Only last month a postman sacked for bullying cited "a lot of banter" at the sorting office. But despite these dangers, the article warns there's bad news for people who prefer a relaxed discourse over "shallow verbal sparring": if the seemingly unstoppable rise of panel shows is anything to go by banter is going nowhere.
A popular Time Magazine article says . They have reportedly been inseparable, grooming and sleeping together. If the story of gay penguins feels familiar, that's because, as the magazine reminds us, in 2009, two male penguins at New York City's Central Park Zoo, Roy and Silo, incubated an egg together. They ended up raising the chick called Tango. The article says even a children's book - And Tango Makes Three - was written based on the story.
Reality TV is fairly inconsequential right? Not according to a popular Daily Beast article which argues . If that wasn't enough, it goes one further and says it is good for the whole of America. And the view comes from a bit of an expert on reality TV. Jennifer Pozner spent 10 years ( "yes, seriously, a decade" she ensures) - monitoring more than 1,000 hours of unscripted dating, marriage, makeover, competition, and lifestyle series. And even she's surprised herself that a reality star could herself have an effect outside the TV screen. But she insists that Kardashian's divorce after only 72 days exposes the fakeness of reality TV. "The disconnect between blissful on-air bride and off-screen divorcee offers viewers proof, once and for all, that reality-TV fairy tales are nothing more than a farce," she says.
