Anita Guidera in the Irish Independent should be really proud of herself. Her article in today’s rag of a so-called newspaper draws on the morbid curiosity of those who just can’t help themselves get off on the utter horror of other people’s tragedies. In this case, the 999 call to the fire service from a [...]
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Irish Indo Rag in Morbid Curiosity Shocker!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cheap journalism, Gutter journalism, Irish Independent on October 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Misleading headlines – No.1
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Irish Independent, Misleading headlines on June 5, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I get really pissed off with cheap nasty base headlines designed to pull in readers. You know the types, Sky News, Fox in the US, Independent Newspapers in Ireland and other media outlets aimed at the average Joe but never owned and run by the average Joe.
In many cases people don’t even read the article, [...]
But she DIDN’T flush the baby down the toilet.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baby, Cup cakes, headlines, Irish Independent, Misleading news articles, Rag, toilet on November 25, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Saw this article in the Irish ‘Independent’ just now and thought my God, how horrific….
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/mother-who-flushed-her-baby-down-toilet-did-not-know-shed-given-birth-1551686.html
Horrific it was yes but she didn’t actually flush her baby down the toilet. Of course this rag of a ‘newspaper’ draws you in with a misleading headline so people imagine a scenario before they actually read it (if they do [...]
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