For me, it would have to be:
The O.J. Simpson trial (I was only a kid when it happened though, but it is good to find footage about it on YouTube!)
Death of Michael Jackson (was it overkill, as some papers said)
Britain's postal strike (a current hot event right now - but will the U.S. Mail go the same way?)
Swine flu outbreak
Anything relating to Lindsay Lohan or David Beckham
Taylor Swift/Kanye West awards thing (which has now got the side-effect of the press in Northeast England trying to get every bit of gossip on Taylor Swift!)
Bill Clinton - Monica Lewinsky scandal
British MP expenses' scandal
Rod Blagojevich (Blagogate as we call it here!)
Cheryl Cole (for some reason dubbed Cherylgate!)
The John Demjanjuk incident
Snow in the United Kingdom in February 2009
Bernard Madoff and the scandal surrounding him
The rebrand of British radio stations to "Heart", where they lost their heritage brand-names. Only a small amount were left with the original names.
Death of Michael Jackson (was it overkill, as some papers said)
Britain's postal strike (a current hot event right now - but will the U.S. Mail go the same way?)
Swine flu outbreak
Anything relating to Lindsay Lohan or David Beckham
Taylor Swift/Kanye West awards thing (which has now got the side-effect of the press in Northeast England trying to get every bit of gossip on Taylor Swift!)
Bill Clinton - Monica Lewinsky scandal
British MP expenses' scandal
Rod Blagojevich (Blagogate as we call it here!)
Cheryl Cole (for some reason dubbed Cherylgate!)
The John Demjanjuk incident
Snow in the United Kingdom in February 2009
Bernard Madoff and the scandal surrounding him
The rebrand of British radio stations to "Heart", where they lost their heritage brand-names. Only a small amount were left with the original names.
I wonder what makes good material for a media circus? (not that I'm planning one, just out of morbid curiosity than anything else!)