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#2863714 8-Feb-2022 19:27

"Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today is the start of a nationwide booster drive"

Should I be worried?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/461110/watch-jacinda-ardern-provides-post-cabinet-update

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#2863724 8-Feb-2022 19:55

I don't even need to comment.

Megabyte - so geek it megahertz

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#2866749 12-Feb-2022 07:46

Forgetting something?

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#2866755 12-Feb-2022 08:49

This is from an editorial by Stuff's head of news

"We’re not; we do and will keep covering news in a non-ideological and non-partisan way."

LOL.

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#2868576 15-Feb-2022 12:39

I wouldn't believe it either if my brother was a conspiracy theory.

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#2870102 17-Feb-2022 09:35

Surely if it's a "Fraud hoax", the fraud didn't actually happen? Spoiler alert: It did. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/127794552/weve-lost-a-lot-of-money-fraud-hoax-cleans-out-dunedin-bank-account

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#2870111 17-Feb-2022 09:44

It's all about the keywords - I guess it worked on you :)

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#2870145 17-Feb-2022 11:16

Stuff headline: "Your old laptop can now turn into a Chromebook".

Two articles down: "Google's new software could bring your old computer back to life".

Two articles about the same thing. Do they think people won't notice because there's an article about Facebook separating them?

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#2870162 17-Feb-2022 11:28

It could well be split testing to see which best resonates with the audience, and used to inform future clickbait headlines.

Truth is more likely to be an editor getting lazy and simply importing stories from Associated Press 'news' reals based on some advert optimisation formula

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#2870852 18-Feb-2022 13:26

"Whole fried potato found in packet of UK Kettle Chips"

Neither news, Herald, nor particularly interesting.

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#2870859 18-Feb-2022 13:37

Geektastic: "Whole fried potato found in packet of UK Kettle Chips"

Score! That alone was probably more than the 150g you get in a bag of Kettle Chips.

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#2872094 21-Feb-2022 15:18

Allow me to quote a paragraph from RNZ in its entirety.

Ardern says Covid will

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#2872161 21-Feb-2022 16:28

1024kb: 'Master' forestry worker with impeccable record was killed by the last tree he cut

At least they didn't say it was ironic.

Also was it the last tree in the forest, and he was retiring that day?

Or was it "I always find my keys in the last place I looked" (because you stop looking after you find your keys) situation?

It is not clear.

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#2873272 23-Feb-2022 13:49

I think it's broadly accepted that when you're killed by a tree, you stop cutting down trees. So to me it's obviously the second option.

Axe heads are ironic, handles are woodic.

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#2876637 1-Mar-2022 08:25

There is/was a headline subtitle today saying the average Auckland house price has decreased to $12.6m. Visible on the main stuff page.

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