tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post7030369665786414504..comments2023-11-13T16:30:40.096+13:00Comments on Editing the Herald: Cry me a riverJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661495023149576052noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-50188143324429108062009-04-28T09:33:00.000+12:002009-04-28T09:33:00.000+12:00And at the risk of hogging the comments thread the...And at the risk of hogging the comments thread the original Sunday Times article says the number of <B>billionaires</B> in the top 100 fell from 75 to 43. So whoever rehashed the article for the Herald at 4am obviously wasn't really paying attention.gazzajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269126625443588798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-20673086396521752822009-04-27T13:44:00.000+12:002009-04-27T13:44:00.000+12:00Hey also, congratulations on your 100th post!Hey also, congratulations on your 100th post!gazzajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269126625443588798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-19450223088695219432009-04-27T13:18:00.000+12:002009-04-27T13:18:00.000+12:00In these harsh economic times we can no longer aff...In these harsh economic times we can no longer afford to fully staff the top 100 list, so cutbacks are necessaryHadynhttp://publicaddress.net/fieldtheorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-5554300021922382852009-04-27T13:12:00.000+12:002009-04-27T13:12:00.000+12:00Off topic but I'm loving the Herald's live updates...Off topic but I'm loving the <A HREF="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10568826&pnum=0" REL="nofollow">Herald's live updates of the swine flu crisis.</A>It basically goes:<br /><br />5.00am - flu vaccine probably won't work for swine flu. <br />(Actually this happened yesterday, not at 5am, but doesn't this just show how hard working the Herald reporters are, getting up so early to copy/paste AP reports)<br /><br />6.30am - some more school kids who went to Mexico might have swine flu<br /><br />8.35am - Barack Obama went to Mexico; might have swine flu; doesn't have swine flu.<br /><br />9.10am - school kids to be talked to about swine flu. <br />(Presumably to be told their classmates won't grow tails; appropriate insults to be brainstormed)<br /><br />9.34am - Someone who went to Mexico might have swine flu<br /><br />10.04am - In a major development, airlines letting passengers change flights for free might have swine flu<br /><br />10.18am - People paid to do something apparently doing something<br /><br />11.07am - Even more school kids went to Mexico (WTF? That's 4 school trips to Mexico in the past week!) They might have swine flu<br /><br />11.22am - Couple of Aussies might have swine flu<br /><br />11.47am - 9.34am person doesn't have swine flu<br /><br />12.09pm - Couple of Aussies don't have swine flu<br /><br />June 7th - Herald on Sunday publishes <I>mea culpa</I> re excessive coverage of false alarms; blames doctors and patients.gazzajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269126625443588798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-15769889973369841392009-04-27T13:02:00.000+12:002009-04-27T13:02:00.000+12:00That's unfair. Millionaires are people too.That's unfair. Millionaires are people too.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12661495023149576052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-75818741780357289152009-04-27T12:50:00.000+12:002009-04-27T12:50:00.000+12:00The number of people in the top 100 fell from 75 t...<I>The number of people in the top 100 fell from 75 to 43? What does that even mean</I>Maybe you're not really 'people' unless you're a billionaire?Slightly Intrepidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863685188013458226noreply@blogger.com