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Published: Monday, 30th June, 2008 12:30

Warnings aplenty... But is it fun anymore?

By Big Brother Watcher

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With the news that Big Brother has issued an official warning to Rebecca after she screamed abuse at Rex, the question has to be asked - has BB been able to recover from all the previous controversy?

While Bex and Rex's row has been the most interesting thing to happen in the house in the last few days, the fact remains that in a lot of ways Big Brother has become a victim of its own success.

BB1 was a social experiment in the true sense of the word - with housemates unaware of the popularity of the show in the outside world and thus giving a fascinating insight into their personalities.

Except now the house is filled with random wannabes hoping the show will springboard them to a picture spread at Nuts / Zoo or whatever and who therefore are busy being sycophantically nice or ridiculously outrageous depending on which tactics they employ.

This means the house is either vicious to the point the mainstream media is circling waiting for something to happen and a housemate to be removed, or dull as ditchwater.

Bearing in mind we've lost the same number of housemates through them being removed as via bona fide evictions, it's all getting a bit silly.

Do we NEED big irritating characters to make it worthwhile?

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ralphaverbuch

Jul 1 08 07:20

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I've just discovered your new (improved?) website -- it's great that there is now a little more interactivity and dynamism which can't be achieved in print. This blog is an example. But what a wasted opportunity!

Why aren't you commenting/blogging on local issues that matter to local people? Why rehash who knows how many thousands of other blogs on soaps/TV etc? The nationals do that already. Surely you must play to your strengths and that's got to be local focus every time.

Stop giving us what we get in a gazillion other places and give us something only you can supply. Local news, local comment and local focus...

Ralph Averbuch

Pencaitland

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