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The Sydney Morning Herald

Bindi — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:22:19 +0000

A simple biology lesson here: babies are brought forth from the womb, not the stomach – so why avoid the fact in a newspaper headline? The Sun devotes an entire department to catchy headlines and puns, yet the New Zealand Herald seems unable to muster any sort of excitement or effort in its reporting of [...]

Pluto is Lost

AngryOldWoman — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:48:15 +0000

What has happened to Pluto? And I don’t mean the lovable dog belonging to Mickey Mouse. How many people does it take to demolish a planet? Only 424. Turned to a dwarf Pluto has been downgraded to the status of a dwarf planet and no longer counts as our ninth planet of the solar system. [...]

Middlesbrough

badgerclaw — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:53:53 +0000

Recently the good old Middlesbrough has been labelled as the worst place to live in Britain, with Edinburgh top of the poll. I work in Middlesbrough and was most amused to see this rant by good old Jeff Stelling, he backs up our office sentiment entirely!

Bury the Bad News

AngryOldWoman — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:00:19 +0000

Saturday’s Daily Telegraph (UK) buried a piece of news down page on page 9 (Saturday 3 November 2007) which is really worth a shout of Victor Meldrewness. Hidden beside the advertisements was this: ‘A Government minister who once called dangerous drivers “serial potential killers” was fined yesterday for using a mobile phone while driving. ‘Liam [...]

Useless Studies

Jumbo — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:13:43 +0000

Every day, it seems, we are given the results of a completely useless ‘study’ in news reports. These usually share one or all of the following elements of uselessness: Absolute mind-crushingly obviousness – e.g. “Scientists have discovered that people enjoy doing nice things…” Completely pointless research – e.g. “Researchers at the New York University have [...]

Why doesn’t that surprise me?

AngryOldWoman — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:14:50 +0000

In this day and age of transparency, when even the smallest parish councillor must declare an interest if an agenda item is in any way connected to him; and when professionals such as lawyers, accountants and the like must at all times be aware of any potential conflict of interest, why does this care-fulness not [...]

The Not O’Clock News

AngryOldWoman — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:37:25 +0000

After my complaints of yesterday (see Telly Vision), this morning’s offerings from the great and mighty BBC Breakfast, a “news” programme were the following: 1. Picture of “reporter” still living it up in Playa de Luz, Portugal, outside police station yet again telling us there was nothing to tell us. 2. Interview with McCanns’ new [...]

TV ‘News’ Stories From YouTube

Jumbo — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:24:51 +0000

The internet is fast overtaking the television as the primary source of information for many people. Apparently, in the 16-25 age group, people are now spending more hours online than they do watching television. But this does not stop the TV stations from stealing their ‘news’ from YouTube (and promoting that website in the process!). [...]