#heed_and_hear Hello, everyone! Here is another episode of A Point of View from BBC Radio 4 for another piece of 'Heed and Hear'. In it, AL Kennedy is sharing her opinion on negative news dominating the media space: how it affects the modern society, how to protect yourself from it and what can be done to counter this trend of doom and gloom. AL is starting her train of thought on a hypothetical situation of being asked for directions by a stranger, giving them an answer to said question and then suddenly digressing onto something completely unrelated in an angry way. She compares this hypothetical situation to how we are dealing with news in online media nowadays: lots of misleading things we do not ask for that oftentimes make us feel worse. She argues that the evolution of online media has led to arguable results with democracies being embattled by manipulative media sources feeding lies to people in favour of the powerful. And then she is reflecting on how to set the media space aright and reveals how she avoids feeling bullied by daunting news headlines and facts. You can find the episode here. Enjoy the listening! Glossary for the episode: 🔸demeanor – манера поведения 🔸a butcher's – мясная лавка 🔸to pad out – дополонять 🔸lino offcut – обрезок линолиеума 🔸pasty – пирожок с мясом или сыром 🔸rodent – грызун 🔸unhinged – чокнутый, поехавший 🔸underpinnings – базис 🔸appalling – чудовищный 🔸to loathe – испытывать неприязнь 🔸feral – дикий, неприрученный 🔸courtesy of – благодаря чему-то 🔸gun – пушка 🔸PTSD – посттравматический синдром 🔸to unfurl – разворачивать 🔸to contemplate – созерцать 🔸advertorial – реклама 🔸drawl – медлительная речь 🔸oversight – надзор 🔸pulse oximeter – пульсоксиметр 🔸coypu – нутрия 🔸hoofer – танцор 🔸tap move – постукивание 🔸zaouli – заули (танец) 🔸voguing – вог (танец) 🔸hula kahiko – хула кахико (танец) 🔸hula 'auana – хула ауана (танец) 🔸Torres Strait – Торресов пролив