Royal Wedding Watch: The Naysayers

#RoyalWedding, #rw11, #rw2011, #proudtobebritsh and more.  All are hash tags created as a result of the wedding between Kate and William that will take place on April 29.  And some of them have started trending long before the nuptials are set to take place.  But one does not fit with the rest: #royalpain.  Earlier today, the Washington Post put out a message into the Tweetosphere asking for the underrepresented portion of the community to respond.

While it seems as though The WP was looking for genuine opinions of disapproval for the Wedding (and they did get a handful of those) what they got more was a slap on the hands.  People criticized them, and other news sites, for devoting too much attention to the wedding when there are other, more pressing, issues at hand.      

Online options for the news allow for even the less than important news to be published.  And while it doesn't take up print space, it is consuming time of reporters.  And people are taking notice and voicing their opinions on this new approach to reporting and what gets reported.  

A giant scale Lego replica of the royal ceremony? Seriously? (AFP/GETTY IMAGES)