February 2012
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Stuff 'publishes' article
Are Stuff suggesting that there is a question as to whether the man was actually lacerated?
@jephfreak
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Technology aids communication! Stop press!
Infidelity is gold dust at Stuff, but this story seems particularly stupid.
First, text messages aren’t especially new developments and as far as I can remember they’ve always been used for flirting. Has this just occurred to some people?
Second, human relationships are based on communication. Talking makes cheating easier!!!
But the stats don’t lie. This was one of the...
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BABY NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR NZHERALD
The Mayor of Auckland, Len Brown, announced the city’s 1.5millionth inhabitant, Ramonah Patience Toomalatai born just after midnight in Middlemore Hospital.
So why did the NZHerald run with ‘Meet Emily, our 1.5millionth Aucklander?
Since when does the NZ Herald speak for Auckland?
@rooftop_gambler
December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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Bad form? Bad copy, yes.
No. Just. No.
Reading this story I just…it’s just…what does…I don’t…
He’s nonchalant not Thunderstruck for starters.
Thank you! Story submitted by @Sir_Arthur_
Original story: http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/5740969/AC-DC-rockstar-rocked-by-Renas-grounding
@rooftop_gambler
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Is it OK to throw away your credibility for cheap...
So this isn’t technically a news story, but the questions it brings up deserve to be raised.
In what can only be described as an ‘advice serial’ a 22 year old female writes in, she is “bored” and wants to know if it is “a wise move to start having sex with lots of random men?” This letter is either made up, or a troll.
I’m only going to go on a small the feminist rant here, because ‘Uncle Agony’...
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THE NEWS STORY THAT NEVER STOPS GROWING
Darling, don’t you go and cut your hair…
Right. See you in 6 weeks folks for the follow up feature.
@rooftop_gambler
September 2011
10 posts
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WHAT KIND OF STUFF ARE STUFF.CO.NZ ACTUALLY ON?
I’m not giving you the links to the original stories for these two, I’m just not. It’s in your best interests.
@rooftop_gambler
The most boring celebrity article ever
So the NZ Herald must have see the last post and didn’t want to be out done on pointless and irrelevent articels and posted this “Gem”…
Seriously?! Was it really that slow of a day you had to troll twitter for the first celebrity tweet you could find and write a 180 word article on it.
These fuckwits must get paid by by the word….
I actually feel dumber after...
Man has lots of money, How dare he!
Sometime I wonder if the editors/webmasters at Stuff.co.nz have been replaced by The Herald, but then I remember they’re both a disgrace!
This was on the front page of Stuff…
How dare someone have a Ferrari, let alone TWO! Quick If you see him in the street, lynch him !
Fuck off Stuff, just fuck off.
Maybe this story has merit… on page 23 in the side column next to...
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WHEN RECYCLING ATTACKS AND HEADLINES WHYME..
I think someone got too excited.
Original story http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5604612/No-bottles-dick-recycling-note-wheelie-not-on
@rooftop_gambler
MISGUIDED PENGUIN LEAVES VET LOOKING BOTH GLUM AND...
Lisa the vet sure looks dejected. #thatstheword
You know, this headline is bad enough, then I glanced at stuff’s recent environmental headlines and, by god, where do you start?
Original story http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/5588378/Vet-adjusting-to-life-after-Happy-Feet
@rooftop_gambler
YES, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, HE WAS FOUND IN...
Yes, he was found in a wardrobe - HILARIOUS!
Glad to see they’ve dropped it subsequently. Oh wait - I just refreshed the article and there’s now a third version of the headline:
So far, stuff.co.nz have managed to read the tone of the overall story right and keep the wardrobe mentions to the article itself in their coverage:...
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Irrelevant person has child, uses iPad
Fucking Hell.
Can we please stop with the celebrity idol worship please. The only thing I find more depressing than celebrities, is celebrity children, and then we’ve got super celebrity children like Shiloh and Suri (Who fucking comes up with these names, honestly. In real life they would be rightfully teased at school for their parents stupidity, but in fantasy celebrity world it’s...
August 2011
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NZPA is shut for one day and the Herald goes to...
After the debacle of TV3 news leading with NZ’s Next Top Model two days previously, Bob Jones writing a “funny” series of faxes is the top story for the Herald.
@JephSamson
Original story - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10748696
Read more on the NZPA closure - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10748448
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Headline writer at the NZ Herald writes a headline...
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Another sterling submission from @JephSamson. If you spot some badcopy, click the SUBMIT button!
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It's a barrage... ... - IT'S A BARRAGE!
A trifecta of bollocks in the Royal New Zealand Herald.
First up a pointless article on potential Rugby World Cup attendees which is basically a list of names, which would be bad enough, whose relevance is diminished enormously by the fact that the people it lists aren’t even confirmed as being visitors.
we might get
rumoured
and are likely to be
all been tipped to visit
there is talk...
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Nothing like a good double standard...
Now, initially this is kinda funny. But sadly it shows a massive double standard we have in New Zealand…
Just imagine if the victim was a 19yr old girl and the intruder was a 40 year old man…. yeah exactly.
@ryansallan
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July 2011
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CINDERELLA IN OUR MIDST
It must be irritating to be recycled as poor half-sister, poor would-be royal, news fodder every time there is a royal wedding even though you’ve said in the past you have no interest.
Yet another pathetic NZ link to a wedding that has no significance for us as a country.
@rooftop_gambler
Meeeeee Tooooooo!
Honestly, Fuck off New Zealand media, I’m sick of this embarrassing “Me Too” shit you print. Always trying to be part of the action… This is a new low however…
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a patriotic Kiwi, love it when our sports people do well & our businesses become international success stories, but trying to claim a (tiny) part in the Norway...
A poor choice of words...
I had to chuckle at the poor choice of words at the start of this article…
“Crucified”… On the bright side, at least they didn’t say “Literally”
SBW is of course a Muslim who plays for the ‘Crusaders’ another moment of giggle…
Ironically, it’s not the Herald that said the word crucified, it was SBW’s agent Khoder Nasser,...
From the "No ounce of evidence" files
Heat Pumps will bring down the national grid!
… FFS, really, It MUST be the heatpumps, not the lack of investment in electricity supply for the last 50 years or anything, but heat pumps… (Good quality) Heat pumps are actually really energy efficient, if used properly… just imagine if people didn’t have them and used fan heaters instead… we’d be thrown back to...
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QUOTES IN HEADLINES - WHEN OPINION LOOKS LIKE FACT
Stupidly, I suppose, I’m dismayed that the press even buy Key’s “Public reject Labour’s tax plans” line, considering the Capital Gains Tax plans weren’t released at the time of the latest poll Key refers to.
But what’s going on with the headlines? On the article, it’s clearly a quote from Key. In the Twitter headlines it’s less clear:
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Hey lets play a rhyming game...
Now I know it was a heartbreaking loss, but that’s no excuse for such a, well, rubbish headline… did no-one give this a once-over?
The only place that got away with rhyming a word with itself is The Simpsons…
Original Story: http://tvnz.co.nz/rugby-news/crusaders-loss-explain-super-4294625?ref=rss&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
Posted by: @ryansallan
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June 2011
14 posts
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And you wonder why people call Aucklanders soft...
Honestly… Aucklanders “Shivered” through “chilly” five degrees… Fucking hell. If Aucklanders still wonder why the rest of the country think they are pretentious cocks, this is the reason.
Shock-fucking-horror, it gets colder during winter. Should we declare a national emergency? This news story is about as informative as a box of Home Brand wheat biscuits
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Who gets married?
So, Andrew Saville got married… “Who?” I hear you ask… and this is the “Editors Pick” top story…
Honestly, congrats and all but fuck, he’s not even a ‘E’ grade celebrity. In fact, if you didn’t watch the sports news you’d have no idea who he was. (I’m reliably told he is a top bloke though).
I’ve got nothing...
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John Key two guns short of a full salute
The headline is designed to draw your attention to the article, highlighting the most important information that it contains. So when the Prime Minister visits Australia, becomes the first NZ to address a joint session of their parliament, meets senior government officials, what does Stuff highlight at the most important thing:
submitted by @JephSamson