The BBC Editors blog has this comment from Anthony, after a post by Steve Herrmann explaining the moral and logistical complexities of online coverage from Burma:

Although I’m rather appalled at myself for thinking this – I find the current wave of Burma coverage very dull and uninteresting.

In particular – absent the nice juicy massacre the media seem to be poised for – it doesn’t deserve to be top of news bulletins across the BBC for the umpteenth day running.

Days and days of something not quite happening is not news.

When a presidential announcement about the invasion of Panama interrupted The Bold and the Beautiful, a tough female colleague of mine on the CBS News foreign desk took a call from a complaining viewer.

“Ma’am,” – she said, “if you don’t think that’s more important than some crappy soap opera, you don’t deserve to watch television.”

Those were the days.

Still, though I hate to concede it, at least Anthony is being honest. Most viewers just flip.