tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post3109759945814208629..comments2023-11-13T16:30:40.096+13:00Comments on Editing the Herald: SuperCity Race: Parallel Universe EditionJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661495023149576052noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-18730957210149130932010-07-09T10:17:34.629+12:002010-07-09T10:17:34.629+12:00The right word is "nailed", surely?The right word is "nailed", surely?Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12633616551506978330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-78631769410095845682010-07-09T08:26:31.671+12:002010-07-09T08:26:31.671+12:00Interesting headline here:
http://www.nzherald.co....Interesting headline here:<br />http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10657541<br /><br />Surely you'd be hammered by a hammer, or belted by a belt. Do they get their sub-editors from sports journalism school?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-91227122276084719452010-07-08T16:36:50.536+12:002010-07-08T16:36:50.536+12:00I think you'd better avoid all news media for ...I think you'd better avoid all news media for the next...10 years then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-54010559200475244702010-07-08T16:27:14.321+12:002010-07-08T16:27:14.321+12:00Also, this isn't really the Herald's fault...Also, this isn't really the Herald's fault, but if I read the words "Party Central" in another news article, I think I'm going to go mental.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-50312312519560854092010-07-08T16:23:11.094+12:002010-07-08T16:23:11.094+12:00http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10657263<br /><br />Finally, a Herald article that states ONLY the relevant facts of the story, and doesn't include misleading and irrelevant information.<br /><br />Funny how this one was buried deep in the website and the other one was the top story on the site for several hours though. I can't imagine why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-10237271256378662582010-07-07T08:45:31.791+12:002010-07-07T08:45:31.791+12:00Hmm, Editing the Comments.Hmm, Editing the Comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-68192770397466227742010-07-06T16:15:07.108+12:002010-07-06T16:15:07.108+12:00It's interesting how one incidental aspect of ...It's interesting how one incidental aspect of a serious story - to wit, the movie being new and heavily promoted - has become the key framing for the story, complete with a still from the movie itself. I wonder what would happen if this method was applied to other subjects deemed worthy of promotion in an otherwise serious news story?<br /><br />New Zealand Herald reader's death cause expected today<br /><br />The death of a man beneath a copy of the latest edition of the New Zealand Herald is being described by police as unexplained.<br /><br />The 23-year-old was found with his palm firmly over his face, but with no obvious injuries, after an early morning purchase of the well-respected New Zealand Herald on Tuesday.<br /><br />Paramedics were called, but he could not be resuscitated.<br /><br />The man, described by police as a "transient" New Zealander who lives in Auckland but travels throughout the country, appeared to have read the widely anticipated new edition alone, before utilising it as an impromptu outdoor blanket.<br /><br />CAPTION: Garth George and Deborah Hill Cone subediting the Tuesday edition with crayons at the New Zealand Herald offices on Albert Street, Auckland. Photo / SuppliedSamuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12633616551506978330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-59396642991014620772010-07-06T13:26:31.106+12:002010-07-06T13:26:31.106+12:00Apparently he was a 'transient'.
So the s...Apparently he was a 'transient'.<br /><br />So the story doesn't matter any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-60504794517659627612010-07-06T12:28:46.508+12:002010-07-06T12:28:46.508+12:00"Wait, did that say NOT suspicious? Now I'..."Wait, did that say NOT suspicious? Now I'm even more suspicious, this has cover-up written all over it."<br /><br />Was there a red ribbon around his wrist?Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12633616551506978330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-58550248870907656352010-07-06T10:22:03.838+12:002010-07-06T10:22:03.838+12:00DOG NEWZ!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz...DOG NEWZ!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10656868Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-43168722440973762382010-07-05T21:54:49.074+12:002010-07-05T21:54:49.074+12:00BREAKING NEWS!
"Twilight death not suspicious...BREAKING NEWS!<br />"Twilight death not suspicious, say police"<br /><br />Wait, did that say NOT suspicious? Now I'm even more suspicious, this has cover-up written all over it.<br /><br />Maybe his death wasn't suspicious, but a 23 year old male watching a Twilight film alone... something's not right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-48524192860834349412010-07-05T21:13:45.299+12:002010-07-05T21:13:45.299+12:00I hope they didn't have to suffer through the ...I hope they didn't have to suffer through the whole film before they died.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-38275447531487701832010-07-05T17:35:17.933+12:002010-07-05T17:35:17.933+12:00I imagine the victim was wracked with indecision o...I imagine the victim was wracked with indecision over who's hotter, the vampire or the werewolf, and couldn't live with either choice.<br /><br />What's really surprising is that no-one has died watching Sex and the City 2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-39702665909306849162010-07-05T16:09:44.240+12:002010-07-05T16:09:44.240+12:00I got that impression too, although it's sligh...I got that impression too, although it's slightly better than the Stuff article, which mentions the death as an incidental event in between a description of the film's storyline and the amount the film has made so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-48504629637276497492010-07-05T16:03:05.160+12:002010-07-05T16:03:05.160+12:00Hi, me again.
I might be going a bit mental, but ...Hi, me again.<br /><br />I might be going a bit mental, but is this story attempting to blame two recent deaths on vampires? Or just overexposure to R-Pats?<br /><br />http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10656696Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-88231492956516892572010-07-05T11:25:38.060+12:002010-07-05T11:25:38.060+12:00They could have used a picture of 2 journalists sc...They could have used a picture of 2 journalists scrapping on a Friday night down the Shakespeare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-22697959367495775132010-07-05T10:37:30.111+12:002010-07-05T10:37:30.111+12:00I haven't seen today's front page, but the...I haven't seen today's front page, but the sheet they use on the street vendors carts reads "Amazing Picture: Croc v Shark"<br /><br />Suspiciously, they've used a separate photo of each animal to illustrate the idea of a crocodile and a shark. I guess if I want to see them in the same picture I actually have to buy the paper?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-2404315347633504172010-07-02T16:30:00.176+12:002010-07-02T16:30:00.176+12:00Presumably they'd prefer a worldwide headhunti...Presumably they'd prefer a worldwide headhunting recruitment process to find a CEO, to be approved a Board of Directors appointed by the major shareholders. <br /><br />Hmm... maybe we'll have to privatise the city...gazzajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269126625443588798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-55664804635448585092010-07-02T08:20:04.703+12:002010-07-02T08:20:04.703+12:00"the democratic structure does not allow for ..."the democratic structure does not allow for selection on skill matched to job requirements"<br /><br />WTF???? And what might? A right wing authoritarian dictatorship?Sanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03107330732524823291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-12391860911223772692010-07-01T19:13:18.331+12:002010-07-01T19:13:18.331+12:00I like that after months of the Herald bleating th...I like that after months of the Herald bleating that MOST AUCKLANDERS don't want a SuperCity at all, now most of us are supposedly intensely interested in the political race to be elected figurehead of the same thing we didn't want in the first place.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508738268912287302noreply@blogger.com