Fucking hell, News Ltd websites run some shit they call news, don’t they? Check out the main pic at dailytelegraph.com.au:
At the Daily Telegraph, some famous people not watching a movie is Important News
Yes, you read that correctly. The royal newlyweds weren’t able to watch a movie on a flight. It’s a perfect example of investigative journalism and front page news that should be taught to journalism students everywhere.
At heraldsun.com.au, it’s such important news that it’s an Editor’s pick:
All the important news at heraldsun.com.au
I don’t know why the “royal couple” means a photo of half that couple. It’s not like it’s difficult to find a photo of them together.
News.com.au also ran this story, along with “news” about Apple fakes in China (holy shit, get outta here), an expensive boat, and an entertainment reporter saying she likes trashy mags but most of it’s made up. Yet nothing about Uncle Rupert. Funny that. (And I have to thank @agnte for showing me that’s not even news.)
News Ltd owns 70 per cent of the Australian news media. Just think of all those stories that aren’t being covered while online editors get their teams of journalists to put other people’s stories about trivial bullshit on their websites.
Update: Editor’s pick at dailytelegraph.com.au is now a video of a dog jumping out of a car window. You couldn’t make this shit up.
A video of a dog jumping out of a car window is news. Apparently.
Really bad use of ‘fail’ in the headline, too. At least outside of 4chan.
Good point, I hadn’t noticed that. Nice one.
This is a nice little read: Getting the media we deserve: “We allow bad journalism to flourish if we do not demand good journalism.”
I HATE the current use of words and acronyms like ‘fail, winning, lol’ etc. Fuck off, life isn’t lolcatz.
You should put that on a t-shirt.
My second favourite t shirt = http://www.cafepress.com.au/+hide_n_seek_world_champion_dark_tshirt,534618955
and tied for first = http://www.cafepress.com.au/+i_dont_have_tourettes_womens_dark_tshirt,268490779 the other tie for first is offensive.
Just sayin’
McDonkey has a necklace that says cunt.
I would love one
etsy.com.
A lovely woman in Israel makes them.
I hate the use of overly dramatic action descriptions in sentences Often with asterixes *slaps forehead* *hits head on desk* *jabs fork in eye* *annoys the fuck out of lexy*
Oh, I like it. It indicates an action, and frankly, our regular language isn’t sophisticated enough to indicate action and words together.
I also think we should adopt the Spanish punctuation of framing the question in question marks, because often the question is in the middle of the sentence and a question mark at the end just looks weird.
I like it too!
same *does dress with pockets dance*
*tuts loudly*
Oh come on, surely you realise all that phone-hacking stuff is just a beat-up by our evil competitors, don’t you? (Ooops, did I say ‘OUR’? Better keep quiet about my retainer.)
They did cover the shaving cream pie yesterday, so at least they’re reporting the really important stuff.
They’ve scraped right through the bottom of the barrel and are wallowing in the primeval sludge. This is news? Like hell.
Yeah, crap story. I would much rather have read the other front page story about the crowds at the new Costco store in Sydney. I mean, the only thing better than actually shopping for toilet paper is reading about it, right?
Hey, it’s not just buying toilet paper, it’s buying toilet paper in bulk. That’s totally newsworthy. *groan*
Yep, you’re right. It’s always good to know where one can get enough toilet paper to last through a seige. Not to mention a 2kg apple pie.
Heh. I just noticed I wrote “crap story” on a comment about toilet paper. Clearly I am hilarious. I should write for the Tele….
Love it! I once had a humourless editor who banned puns in headline. What a doofus. (I assumed the banning was because most puns went over his head as his general knowledge was pretty poor.)
A friend just told me ‘a pun is a bullet to the ear’
Nice metaphor, friendofkimsonof! I hate puns like Lexy hates asterixed action descriptions.
But they are our future King and Queen and you think it is not serious news when they get treated like the ordinary people. Shame on you, what else are the newspapers for if not to tell how these dear neglected Royal Majesties are movie deprived and they most likely kept their spirits up, by themselves, till they were compensated . Next you will be picking on geriatric newspaper owners just trying to make a decent living and politicians who can’t remember what story they told yesterday .The media are doing the best they can with the journalists they have it’s time for some compassion.
You’re right, tredlgt. I am being too critical of the poor multinational media organisation. They have enough on their plate at the moment without me pointing out their failings.
It’s about time you do it all the time they are supposedly human too and might have feelings.
They’ve only been married 5 minutes. What the fuck did they want to watch a movie for, anyway ? Wills should have been rogering Kate, instead……
I don’t normally publish comments about someone else’s sex life, but this made me smile for the sheer ridiculousness of the royal couple having sex in first class. Fender4eva, welcome to the News with Nipples.
I recently returned from Britain. Whilst I was there it was very interesting to watch the front pages of the newspapers. They revealed with their inanity which were controlled by Murdoch…some of them were a surprise to my parents who thought they were independent.
Ahem http://kimsonof.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/because-i-cant-paste-pictures-on-other-blogs/
Looking at military t-shirts, eh?
Yeah that’s where the hide and seek champion one was found first time I looked for it. I also like one that says Osama Bin Shot but couldn’t find it again.
My favourite t-shirt is one my friend has which shows a woman raising her fist in the style of a Soviet propaganda poster and says “My Marxist feminist dialectic brings all the boys to the yard”.
Love it!
http://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts/my-marxist-feminist-dialectic-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard/
I seriously may have to get that ….. There really isn’t enough soviet agitprop hip hop parody clothing about.
http://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts-stock/i-support-the-t-party/ buying this for Glen Beck but mail delivery scares him (so does everything else for that matter)
That’s right McDonalds is opening a new store…SCOOP!!
Fuck, I rolled my eyes when I saw that. How the fuck is McDonalds opening a big store FRONT PAGE NEWS?
At least it’s not a story about the highest calorie burger / pizza / milkshake in the world, complete with irrelevant comments from Australian dieticians (irrelevant because these things aren’t sold here) I think the DT has a monolopy on those pieces though.
And if it makes you feel any better this is linked on the main page at the CM website right now
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/world/baby-stroller-rolls-away-as-women-fight-on-new-york-train/story-e6freoox-1226099946064
A ‘catfight’ how very interesting
It could be argued that there was news value in reporting the fake Apple stores story, but I agree with the rest of your post.
I gave up buying anything other than the AFR a long time ago – it’s my private, totally ineffectual protest against paying for mediocre journalism. Unfortunately, the mediocrity isn’t contained to just print media: is it just me, or is the fluff piece the new black?
Yes, it’s the new black. Actually, I think it’s worse than that. The puff piece is the new serious news. Disseminatedthought, welcome to the News with Nipples.