Waving a red flag at an ol' meeja dugga boy

Teh Kouk had this to say about Teh Ego:
“The executive director of The Sydney Institute, Gerard Henderson, ventures into economics in today’s column in the SMH. Here is the link.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/toss-the-boss-palaver-leaders-economic-legacy-the-real-issue-20120806-23q5r.html
In writing about budget, Mr Henderson makes some howlers – he gets deficits and surpluses mixed up and percentage changes are wrong. And have a guess which direction those errors are? Do you think they make a Labor government look worse or better?
Yep – you got it! All of the errors make Labor look worse, not the other way around….”

What on earth is happening at Teh Egg Timer?

Teh Good Ol’ Egg Timer (purveyor of news since 1859) may rarely have looked into local matters in depth, but with the exception of the period when Chappo was editor, it at least checked its facts.

Not anymore, the canary down the journalism mine is lying on the cage floor.
Now it seems any local mischief maker or neighbourhood stirrer can take a lend of the news room.
Here’s the latest not-so-hilarious lurch along the way.
 
The Daily Examiner 2^nd April 2012:
 
“High school poison scare
THE parent of a Maclean High School student has told The Examiner that a prank at a school social last week resulted in up to 10 students being hospitalised.
The woman said during an all-years social held at the Yamba Bowling Club on Thursday evening, one or more students poured "glow stick" fluid into jugs of drinks.
She said in addition to her own son being sick for two days following the event, she had since heard that up to 10 students were taken by ambulance to hospital.
The Daily Examiner will follow up on this story in tomorrow's paper.”  
 
The Daily Examiner 3^rd April 2012:
 
“Poison claims "wrong"
SCHOOL authorities have dismissed reports up to 10 students became ill after consuming a drink spiked with the contents of a glow stick during a Maclean High School social last week.
One parent told The Examiner a number of students got sick after consuming the drink, but school principal Tony Carr said the claim was wrong. He said one male student had the contents of a glow stick poured into his drink, but he tipped it out. However, he refilled the glass and reported being ill after that. Mr Carr said he was collected by his parents. He said the social was a success.”  

The Daily Examiner 9^th June 2012:

“The Examiner: 'spiked drink' story apology
ON APRIL 2, 2012, The Daily Examiner published a news brief claiming up to 10 students of Maclean High School had become ill and had to be taken by ambulance to hospital after consuming drinks spiked with the contents of glow sticks at a school social dance. The brief was based on the claims of a parent of one of the students at the school.
The Examiner acknowledges the report was inaccurate and that further checking of the information contained in the brief should have occurred before publication.
The parents of two of the school's students have since said their children were ill after attending the dance and their children reported others were ill.
The children told their parents it was their understanding the contents of a glow stick were poured into drinks.
The ambulance service has no record of attending the dance.
The Examiner apologises for any embarrassment caused to the school or to teachers who were on duty at the social.”
 

I'm shocked, Aunty ABC!

Yes, I’m well and truly shocked Aunty. Two of your radio interviewers have been found guilty of blatant bias a lack of impartiality.

What so flabbergasts me is that it doesn’t happen more often given the number of closet wing-nuts and bat-crazy evangelists that appear to be lurking in those darker regional corners of your media empire.

The barely literate Bolta commits yet another LOL so that I can approach year's end on a laugh

“I may be becoming a Marxist as I age,

with class power becoming only too obvious,

even if the classes are defnined {sic} less by money

and more by political and and {sic} institutional power.”

Andrew Bolt – Sunday, December 11, 11 (07:54 am)

APN proofreaders asleep at the wheel

As if the matter covered by the item wasn't bad enough, APN's online report about the fire in a Sydney nursing home carried more pain for victims, their families and friends when APN stuffed up big time with the name of the alleged killer.

I know! Why not make it hard for voters in Yamba?

The Clarence Valley Review would have Yamba voters rock up to meet the 8 Clarence byelection candidates long after the polls have closed and in 2013 to make this Monday the 19th!
For those living in real time I'm pretty sure the candidates expect to see a crowd on Monday 14th November 2011 at 6pm.

The Casino Times takes Nats colour coordination too far?

In The Casino Times on 20th October 2011 - a picture in purple is Nats hopeful Chris Gulaptis with skin tone and tie tastefully coordinated.
Or is this a Gulpatis campaign team blooper?

What do they teach in journalism 101 these days?

Remember the days when newspaper reporters told their readers the important bits of information about their stories? Well, could someone please remind some of the young newshounds at The Daily Examiner that its readers are not happy. This reader turned to the back page of today's paper to read about a football match played in Grafton yesterday (yesterday's paper had a pre-game report that took up the best part of a page).

The heading was "Uni Shield hopes are over", so I thought, "Gee, now I'll read the detailed account of the game."

But, what a shocker! The all-important piece of information, the final score, was nowhere to be seen.