Speaker: Are we seeing the end of MSM, and is that a good thing?
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linger, in reply to
the full depths have been sounded
Not yet; wait until he starts using his toothbrush creatively onscreen.
Then perhaps the remaining audience might finally bristle in response…* Um, a cautiously worded explanatory note: amongst other meanings, sounding is something Alfred Kinsey famously enjoyed doing with his toothbrush, bristles first, and with camera rolling. I humbly suggest "plumbing the depths” might be more appropriate here, as more directly connoting that the content is shit.]
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Rosemary McDonald, in reply to
Not yet; wait until he starts using his toothbrush creatively onscreen.
Then perhaps the remaining audience might finally bristle in response…Very good :-)
The more I hear about what is offered up for consumption on television these days, the more my gratitude towards the little shits who robbed us in December 2014 taking, amoungst other stuff, our goggle box increases.
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[Edit: Oops. I posted to this thread accidentally when I meant that thread.]
Anyway, Mark Weldon has resigned.
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Rosemary McDonald, in reply to
Carolyn Robinson tweeted: "Goodbye Weldon.
Don't trip on the ruins you created as you leave. -
Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Anyway, Mark Weldon has resigned.
Good, and good on Hilary Barry.Subtle,principled but apposite I would say. For a man who led the charge on disposing of people much loved in a small community, then arrogantly ignoring the small audience TV3 had, I'd say Hilary and her David moment showed Goliath that life and the pursuit of happiness is not and never was about Mark Weldon. His ego, (much like John Keys, for, they are of the same ilk)) got kicked to the curb, I just wish to see Mr Key being next. If New Zealanders stand together ,that should be easy , just takes us all voting strategically (for the sake of the Country) come next Election.
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Back to subediting skills and it’s Fairfax this morning. This little beaut is sitting on their front page right now. Right words... wrong order.
But wait… there’s more.
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When you click on the story from venerable broadcaster and TV3 refugee Jeff Hampton, the headline contains a glaring typo. I doubt that Jeff would let that one pass so it's more likely the subs, or whoever passes for a sub at Fairfax these days.
Basic literacy skills should not be optional for a major media company.
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the subeditor Yoda is.
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Moz, in reply to
the subeditor Yoda is.
I want that on a t shirt.
But "my", in homage to the meme I can't remember in detail, the "X is my Y" one.
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Today's Herald
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Now the ODT is doing it.
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Note that errors aren't random: overwhelmingly they result in a headline or lead exaggerating the story. (This has been known for 30 years; only difference is, now we get more errors.)
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Irony in the Herald today.
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There are strong suggestions that Fairfax and APN may merge. The resulting company would own a huge share of the NZ media landscape, reducing competition considerably.
An announcement is expected tomorrow.
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Colin Peacock from RNZ's Mediawatch looks at the implications of a Fairfax/APN merger and what the subsequent lack of competition, including a possible paywall on any combined site, could mean for users.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
the implications of a Fairfax/APN merger
Oh I am sure the quality will improve and headlines like this:
'Disrepsectful pigs' caught abusing disabled man on train
will be a thing of the past - dreams are free I suppose.... -
Kumara Republic, in reply to
Colin Peacock from RNZ's Mediawatch looks at the implications of a Fairfax/APN merger and what the subsequent lack of competition, including a possible paywall on any combined site, could mean for users.
Better that old media throws in the towel, instead of Murdoch-ising to justify its continued existence. In any case the ComCom needs to harden its heart and put the brakes on.
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Winston Peters gave a pro-Brexit speech in the House of Lords yesterday after being invited by a UKIP peer. While some may question the wisdom of aligning oneself with the UK's anti-imigration nutter party, the Sunday Express went a step further... and promoted Winnie to PM of New Zealand.
Maybe they know something the rest of us don't.
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Of... by... they're interchangeable words, aren't they? We need to do something about those damn screens using children, according to this morning's Herald.
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linger, in reply to
That one’s not an error (cf. genitive use for subject in Colin’s overuse of litigation), and doesn’t even present serious processing difficulties (as we usually understand the agent to be animate).
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Alfie, in reply to
...doesn’t even present serious processing difficulties...
While it may be O'K semantically, to me it's reads clumsily at best. But maybe I'm just being a pedant?
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no, you're right, by would be better here.
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monitoring usage…
…or from my ‘cursory’ understanding of modern English (and devices):
’Should young children’s use of screens be limited?’
could fly, obviously children (and reporters) need a few ‘pointers’…Perhaps there’s an arguable case for a hyphenated
‘screen-use’ in the Herald iteration…Whichever way they look at it,
it sounds like it'd be a very ’gooey interface! -
Oh dear...
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