The dumbest Stuff or Herald headlines (& other news media)

Forums › Off topic › The dumbest Stuff or Herald headlines (& other news media)

1 | ... | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | ... | 308

18689 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 7827

Lifetime subscriber

#2759294 12-Aug-2021 19:29

This is an opinion article in the lifestyle section. I think it's a fair enough speculation on that basis. I clicked it too ; ).

freitasm

BDFL - Memuneh
80658 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 41072

Administrator

ID Verified

Trusted

Geekzone

Lifetime subscriber

#2759600 13-Aug-2021 11:31

"Palmer Edward Marsters was banned from contacting his girlfriend after an earlier attack when he stabbed her to death and burned her body."

Referral links: Quic Broadband (free setup code: R587125ERQ6VE) | Samsung | AliExpress | Wise | Sharesies

Support Geekzone by subscribing (browse ads-free), or making a one-off or recurring donation through PressPatron.

floydbloke

3646 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 4554

ID Verified

#2759602 13-Aug-2021 11:35

freitasm:

"Palmer Edward Marsters was banned from contacting his girlfriend after an earlier attack when he stabbed her to death and burned her body."

...

Why didn't they just confiscate his ouija board?

Sometimes I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

Sideface

9651 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 15602

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2760078 14-Aug-2021 19:57

NZ Herald - Covid 19 coronavirus: NSW in statewide lockdown after 466 cases

today

[re fines for COVID transgressions]

"Lying on a permanent for lying to a contact racer" ???

EDIT: a possible translation is "lying to obtain a travel permit, or lying to a contact tracer."

Sideface

msukiwi

2443 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 2126

Lifetime subscriber

#2763168 19-Aug-2021 16:55

Stuff: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300386799/covid19-nz-how-the-south-island-lockdown-could-be-lifted-earlier

I'm confused!(Not!) But how many people will read this and use it as an excuse for flouting?

It seems like an age ago, but when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the Level 4 lockdown on Tuesday, it was initially for three days in Auckland and the Coromandel and three days for the rest of the country.

Technofreak

6657 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 3477

Trusted

#2763186 19-Aug-2021 17:29

msukiwi:

Stuff: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300386799/covid19-nz-how-the-south-island-lockdown-could-be-lifted-earlier

I'm confused!(Not!) But how many people will read this and use it as an excuse for flouting?

It seems like an age ago, but when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the Level 4 lockdown on Tuesday, it was initially for three days in Auckland and the Coromandel and three days for the rest of the country.

Wasn't initially seven days for Auckland and the Coromandel and three days for the rest of the country?

Sony Xperia XA2 running Sailfish OS. https://sailfishos.org The true independent open source mobile OS
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6
Dell Inspiron 14z i5

msukiwi

2443 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 2126

Lifetime subscriber

#2763187 19-Aug-2021 17:33

Yup - they've corrected it now!

I sent them a "shitty" email!

Impossible to get a human on the phone - totally hopeless!

No reply yet either to this: (What I sent)

Why is it so hard to contact you by non-social media, and why do you get it so wrong?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300386799/covid19-nz-how-the-south-island-lockdown-could-be-lifted-earlier

Really!!

msukiwi

2443 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 2126

Lifetime subscriber

#2763205 19-Aug-2021 18:10

Received a reply from Stuff:

"Hi Murray, thanks for spotting the error and letting us know. It has been corrected.

Kind regards,
The Stuff Team"

That's it. At least I got a reply of sorts, and it's fixed.

Technofreak

6657 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 3477

Trusted

#2764548 21-Aug-2021 21:00

Stuff getting the words protector and protester mixed up.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/126145805/waiheke-marina-protectors-locked-down-at-campsite-occupation-forced-to-leave

Sony Xperia XA2 running Sailfish OS. https://sailfishos.org The true independent open source mobile OS
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6
Dell Inspiron 14z i5

floydbloke

3646 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 4554

ID Verified

#2768590 30-Aug-2021 08:27

Headlines like this really wind me up, implying that the bank has somehow done something wrong when the article clearly states it tried to warn the scammee.

This, Stuff, is one of the reasons why you will never get a cent from me.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/300394272/bank-fails-to-stop-woman-sending-30k-to-fake-boyfriend

Sometimes I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

Behodar

11102 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 6092

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2768592 30-Aug-2021 08:33

If the bank had stopped it, then there'd probably be an article about "bank stops legitimate account holder from sending her own money to friend".

Rikkitic

Awrrr
19071 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 16318

Lifetime subscriber

#2768668 30-Aug-2021 10:41

That caption could be fixed by just replacing 'fails' with 'unable'.

Plesse igmore amd axxept applogies in adbance fir anu typos

Geektastic

18009 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 8465

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2768669 30-Aug-2021 10:47

"The trial of a New Zealand based social media influencer accused of raping two teens while unconscious has been aborted due to Covid restrictions"

It seems unlikely that anyone who was unconscious could do that.

SirHumphreyAppleby

2942 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1863

#2768676 30-Aug-2021 10:58

Geektastic: "The trial of a New Zealand based social media influencer accused of raping two teens while unconscious has been aborted due to Covid restrictions"

It seems unlikely that anyone who was unconscious could do that.

Sexsomnia.

Fred99

13684 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 10018

#2768698 30-Aug-2021 11:14

SirHumphreyAppleby:

Sexsomnia.

Or the miraculous conception of T.S. Garp.

What an awful story:

The influencer is charged with six counts of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection, three counts of blackmail and two counts of aggravated wounding by stupefaction.

Bothers me infinitely more than the NZH grammatical error.

1 | ... | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | ... | 308