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#3176501 31-Dec-2023 12:03

I saw a video news report out of California about a police pursuit:

"We tried to reach out to the man who died in this pursuit but he was unavailable for comment."

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#3176600 1-Jan-2024 08:37

I know that Stuff is a 'magazine' rather than simply presenting news, but really, having this sort of bullsh*t as a headline under 'World News'??

What's next, horoscopes?

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#3176602 1-Jan-2024 08:54

NZHerald premium headlines that are for regurgitated articles from months and months ago.

Lazy cheap journalism.

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#3176673 1-Jan-2024 11:58

floydbloke:
I know that Stuff is a 'magazine' rather than simply presenting news, but really, having this sort of bullsh*t as a headline under 'World News'??

What's next, horoscopes?

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Great, let’s start the year with some more doom and gloom. I’ve just decided that my NYs resolution is to delete this app.

I think I will go Stuff-free too

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#3176675 1-Jan-2024 12:15

Here's a terrifying prediction: Stuff will ask you for money!

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#3176692 1-Jan-2024 13:41

Zigg:

I think I will go Stuff-free too

Is that telling them to get stuffed ?

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#3178260 6-Jan-2024 10:16

PB Tech not quite getting the proofreading right...

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#3178261 6-Jan-2024 10:19

allan:

PB Tech not quite getting the proofreading right...

That's pretty cheap for a long headline name - been looking for one of those - might check it out.

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#3181940 15-Jan-2024 09:13

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/133547781/wellingtons-gutters-run-with-water-leaking-from-decaying-pipes-as-restrictions-loom

Why are half the photos in this article sideways? Example:

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#3182929 17-Jan-2024 10:24

“Billionaire Richard Branson’s cruise ship spotted in Wellington harbour”

The implication being that a 2,700 passenger vessel snuck in without any prior arrangement?

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#3182930 17-Jan-2024 10:26

jamesrt:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/133547781/wellingtons-gutters-run-with-water-leaking-from-decaying-pipes-as-restrictions-loom

Why are half the photos in this article sideways? Example:

At a guess, they don’t use real cameras, just the toys on their phones and neglected to turn the phone to landscape when they took it. Portrait would mess up their template!

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#3183317 18-Jan-2024 08:20

Caption under a photo on Radio NZ's website today:

"Loaded containers stacked on top of a cargo ship in sigle fine sailing in a canal on Janvier 20, 2017 in Suez Canal, Red sea, Egypt."

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#3183453 18-Jan-2024 10:45

I love these excuses. If I was homeless, I'd definitely want to be kept waiting. ;)

Next time I delay washing dishes, I'll say "I'm taking a careful, considered approach to my domestic work."

The Post: Despite long waiting lists, new Homes and Communities, Kāinga Ora, homes sat empty

...Kāinga Ora have a policy to move people into larger, multi-storey developments gradually, which builds community and minimises disruption, said Chief executive Andrew McKenzie.

“We deliberately stage the placement of customers into these types of developments.”

For some brand-new apartments, like the 250-unit Te Mātāwai development in Auckland, Kāinga Ora waited until support services were in place to move tenants in and took a “careful, considered approach” to placing tenants. The majority of the units in that development remained vacant for more than four months after the complex opened.
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#3183465 18-Jan-2024 10:49

kingdragonfly: I love these excuses. If I was homeless, I'd definitely want to be kept waiting. ;)

Next time I delay washing dishes, I'll say "I'm taking a careful, considered approach to my domestic work."

The Post: Despite long waiting lists, new Homes and Communities, Kāinga Ora, homes sat empty

...Kāinga Ora have a policy to move people into larger, multi-storey developments gradually, which builds community and minimises disruption, said Chief executive Andrew McKenzie.

“We deliberately stage the placement of customers into these types of developments.”

For some brand-new apartments, like the 250-unit Te Mātāwai development in Auckland, Kāinga Ora waited until support services were in place to move tenants in and took a “careful, considered approach” to placing tenants. The majority of the units in that development remained vacant for more than four months after the complex opened....

This is not a dumb headline. This is reporting something stupid - it fits the WTF thread.

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#3183494 18-Jan-2024 11:52

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/506992/bus-catches-fire-on-wellington-motorway

Maybe I'm the dumb one here but reading this I thought: "huh?"

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