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#1460125 2-Jan-2016 12:15

Ain't it time it was changed to www.fluff.co.nz ?

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#1460236 2-Jan-2016 15:45

DarthKermit: Ain't it time it was changed to www.fluff.co.nz ?

You'll make @sbiddle angry debasing his favourite website like that.

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#1460268 2-Jan-2016 17:46

DarthKermit: Ain't it time it was changed to www.fluff.co.nz ?

Isn't 'fluffer' a job in the porn film industry?

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#1460272 2-Jan-2016 17:53

Geektastic:
DarthKermit: Ain't it time it was changed to www.fluff.co.nz ?

Isn't 'fluffer' a job in the porn film industry?

Apparently. Difference is I had to Google it... :-)

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#1461477 5-Jan-2016 11:28

I gave up when 15 second non-skippable ads played for a 45 second clip.

Same goes for the Herald.

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#1471564 15-Jan-2016 08:20

floydbloke: ...and today's front-page news......
.....someone has lost a cat

Phew, I can get some sleep now!!

Did Eric Clapton really think she looked wonderful...or was it after the 15th outfit she tried on and he just wanted to get to the party and get a drink?

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#1471570 15-Jan-2016 08:26

floydbloke:
floydbloke: ...and today's front-page news......
.....someone has lost a cat

Phew, I can get some sleep now!!

Id prefer to read lost cat stories, cat rescued from tree by fireman, than most of what I read there.

Yesterday. Article on Skys new UI. GZers are quite critical of all things tech, its been discussed here. But the Stuff article read like it was a mass revolt. Artcile on a Jetstar flight. Yes they screwed up. But it read like a daily phenomena. And I wonder how much of both articles was factual, and how much focussed on a noisy few people who were quoted word for word in order to be breaking news. Cat stories preferred, thanks

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#1471596 15-Jan-2016 09:04

tdgeek: [snip] And I wonder how much of both articles was factual, and how much focussed on a noisy few people who were quoted word for word in order to be breaking news. Cat stories preferred, thanks

It's actually worse than that... The media in general and particularly Stuff it seems, quote people word for word because it lets them publish known wrong, misleading or sensational information without having to apply an editorial or journalistic filter to it...

An upset passenger on a flight says the words "The cabin crew literally spat on my babys head!" and wahoo.... Headline written!

"It was the worst storm EVER SEEN here in Tinytown" Bang! Another headline.

In neither case do the headlines need to be accurate or even fact checked because the 'news site' was only reporting what the witnesses said.

And we, as the public (in general, not me!) lap this up and encourage them to do more of this.

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#1471607 15-Jan-2016 09:10

Talkiet:
tdgeek: [snip] And I wonder how much of both articles was factual, and how much focussed on a noisy few people who were quoted word for word in order to be breaking news. Cat stories preferred, thanks

It's actually worse than that... The media in general and particularly Stuff it seems, quote people word for word because it lets them publish known wrong, misleading or sensational information without having to apply an editorial or journalistic filter to it...

An upset passenger on a flight says the words "The cabin crew literally spat on my babys head!" and wahoo.... Headline written!

"It was the worst storm EVER SEEN here in Tinytown" Bang! Another headline.

In neither case do the headlines need to be accurate or even fact checked because the 'news site' was only reporting what the witnesses said.

And we, as the public (in general, not me!) lap this up and encourage them to do more of this.

Cheers - N

Great points Neil. Accurately print a quote, saves lying to to the readers! As the quote was truly said!

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#1471614 15-Jan-2016 09:17

Literally the top 4 articles on Stuff right now have a quote as part of the headline. None to the level above, but sheesh...

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#1471620 15-Jan-2016 09:24

on the plus side - it's nice that national news is a missing cat, not mass murders.

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#1471626 15-Jan-2016 09:30

wasabi2k: on the plus side - it's nice that national news is a missing cat, not mass murders.

The ironic thing is there are probably murders to report on. They just choose the cat story. Case in point last night during the Jakarta Bombing seige Story 1: Gemma Flyn stating she was "over the moon"; Story 2: Jakarta bombing.

Aftter seeing that I said to my wife, "we need to find another news website" - (they can use that in a headline if they like)

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#1471638 15-Jan-2016 09:48

I saw this story on Stuff on Wednesday, and this story was the cover story on the Dominion Post on Thursday

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/75853681/wellington-phoenix-and-football-federation-australia-on-cusp-of-licence-agreement

Sounds good?

But, it's all speculation.

The club itself had released a Press release late Wednesday stating the license reports are premature
http://www.wellingtonphoenix.com/article/licence-reports-premature/uwcs6dkmxczz1pb5736egnpj2#0cwUAqOgdt1eOpsB.99

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#1471649 15-Jan-2016 09:55

WyleECoyoteNZ: I saw this story on Stuff on Wednesday, and this story was the cover story on the Dominion Post on Thursday

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/75853681/wellington-phoenix-and-football-federation-australia-on-cusp-of-licence-agreement

Sounds good?

But, it's all speculation.

The club itself had released a Press release late Wednesday stating the license reports are premature
http://www.wellingtonphoenix.com/article/licence-reports-premature/uwcs6dkmxczz1pb5736egnpj2#0cwUAqOgdt1eOpsB.99

Unsurprisingly, I haven't seen a retraction. Probably because the original article was all just based on an "understanding".

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#1471674 15-Jan-2016 10:20

So.

Time to change my default new website
Yahoo? Hmm, a quick check does show that is it a great news website.

In order, top to bottom (Cos the most important news features first)

Guest Drops Wedding Cake
David Bowie was Financially Astute Not top news now, but newsworthy
Ad that looks like a full news article, for a Mitsi truck
Harry Potter tribuites for Alan Rickman, yep ok that's all good. Perhaps a direct article on Alan Rickman is more appropriate
Chrissy Teigens 40DD Boobs\
Donalds Trumps Gift to America

Ok, Im gonna stop, it goes on an on. Its not Newstainment its Tabloidtainment

Herald is the pick of NZ news websites? The TV news sites any good? (I can look, but I wont get a solid overall opinion from a "one-look", so asking others who use these a lot)

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