Monday 16 May 2011

Now, There's Thievery, And Then There's Thievery...

...and boy, this must have been some thief!



Don't local newspapers check how their headlines are going to be truncated before they press 'Publish'..?

4 comments:

Shinar's Basket Case said...

Hmmm 'check'...not a word I'd associate naturally with the Press...especially the 'Rabbit Breeder and Sheep Farmer weekly' local sort of rag.

The average Tweeter has more journalistic integrity... along with a working Spell Check and auto-formatting skills, these days.

One finger typist said...

The local press, lol.

I call our local rag "asbo weekly" though in fairness it is more these days about savage cuts and wheelie bin fires rather than just, er, wheelie bins going up in flames and the resulting puddle of plastic

As for checking... you'd be amazed at what journos don't know. But they do have 'pinions. Lots and lots of them on all sorts of injustices, both real and imagined.

microdave said...

"Don't local newspapers check how their headlines are going to be truncated before they press 'Publish'..? "

They don't seem to pay much attention to the photo's they use, so I guess your answer is "No"

http://www.maxfarquar.com/2011/05/gabby-logan-injunction-twitter-gossip/

JuliaM said...

"The average Tweeter has more journalistic integrity... along with a working Spell Check and auto-formatting skills, these days."

True!

"I call our local rag "asbo weekly"..."

Heh, that sounds familiar! The 'court case' page is usually my first stop.

"They don't seem to pay much attention to the photo's they use, so I guess your answer is "No"
"


LOL!