Ripley's Believe It Or Not

The drive for 'hits' rather than enlightenment continues at Naja Nielsen's aligned BBC News Online. 

Number 1 in the UK site's 'most watched' list at 10.00am - the prurient headline "The women 'speed-dating' for a place to live", which has obviously done what a 'data-driven' newsroom wants. 

At number 3, "Mysterious streaks of light in the California sky". This clip has been up for 15 hours, and the BBC says it is trying to 'verify' the cause. Shall I help ? Six hours ago, CBS in Los Angeles noted  a statement from the US Aerospace Corporation "Based on tracking data from the USSF 18th Space Defense Squadron, our analysis suggests that the object seen reentering over Los Angeles this morning was the orbital module from the November 2022 Chinese Shenzhou-15 launch to their space station. The module had a mass of approximately 1500kg, which is large enough to create visible debris as it re-entered. The timing and location where the debris was observed are consistent with predictions of the objects orbit."

At number 4, a horse lifted from the Santa Ana river, where it has got stuck. A day old. 

At number 5, a woman under arrest at a market in Santiago, Chile, pulls the arresting officer's gun and starts shooting. We are warned 'contains upsetting scenes'. A day old. 

If you follow any of these stories, you are then offered a list of 'Editor's recommendations' - is that Naja herself ?  They include "Watch: Man's miraculous near-miss from runaway saw blade" - now three days old, and still not news.