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  #3329423 9-Jan-2025 06:06
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Dingbatt:

 

eracode:

 

I don’t understand why you are querying this.

 



 

Because of the ambiguity of who is collecting the video, the police or the child?

 

 

Aha - right - thanks. Very obvious now.





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  #3330632 12-Jan-2025 15:34
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Raglan man drags partner outside naked, pours boiling water over her

 

This article was one of the NZ Herald’s best-read stories of 2024.

 

Not the best reason for republishing it on the landing page today in 2025 I would have thought.


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  #3332470 16-Jan-2025 23:24
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The Herald is making an early bid for dumbest headline, or at least layout, of the year:

 


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  #3332478 17-Jan-2025 03:26
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^^^ That’s appalling and offensive - shame on NZH. Does no-one there have any common sense oversight?





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  #3332638 17-Jan-2025 10:58
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Apart from the sheer stupidity of this particular instance, I fail to see the value of peppering articles with headline illustrations that have nothing to do with them. I suppose this is intended to whet reader interest in the other items but I find it confusing and irritating and I have a hard time understanding the logic behind it. 

 

 





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  #3333923 21-Jan-2025 02:19
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Yet another very ambiguous headline in NZH story today: 

 

“Family of Kiwi woman set on fire by ex-partner horrified by violence.”

 

A mess with multiple ambiguities.

 

 

 





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  #3333924 21-Jan-2025 02:39
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And another one in NZH - headline implies a fruit bat badly bit someone at a campground in Tasmania (even though the story is labelled ‘New Zealand’).

 

“Flying fox 'snaps' at popular campground, person seriously injured”.

 





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  #3333930 21-Jan-2025 07:39
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eracode:

 

And another one in NZH - headline implies a fruit bat badly bit someone at a campground in Tasmania (even though the story is labelled ‘New Zealand’).

 

“Flying fox 'snaps' at popular campground, person seriously injured”.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm going to have to side with the paper in this case.  When I read this headline I'm seeing a broken cable and an 8 year old with cuts and bruises crying on the ground covered in some dirt.





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  #3333931 21-Jan-2025 07:43
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floydbloke:

 

I'm going to have to side with the paper in this case.  When I read this headline I'm seeing a broken cable and an 8 year old with cuts and bruises crying on the ground covered in some dirt.

 

 

While I agree a rabid fruit bat isn't the first thing that comes to mind, it's still a mess.


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  #3334090 21-Jan-2025 12:27
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SirHumphreyAppleby:

 

floydbloke:

 

I'm going to have to side with the paper in this case.  When I read this headline I'm seeing a broken cable and an 8 year old with cuts and bruises crying on the ground covered in some dirt.

 

 

While I agree a rabid fruit bat isn't the first thing that comes to mind, it's still a mess.

 

 

It was tongue-in-cheek - and I too feel sorry for the 8yo.





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  #3336137 27-Jan-2025 08:27
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Seriously????  Why on earth is this a dedicated section on the masthead????  Clickbait rage!!!!


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  #3336823 28-Jan-2025 23:17
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Sarcastically escaped ?

 

From NZH.

 

 


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  #3336824 28-Jan-2025 23:18
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And the property was shot at !!  17 times!!!


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  #3338491 3-Feb-2025 09:49
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RNZ headline: "This Taylor Swift is considering a name change"

 

The actual article: "Swift said he has no desire to change his name."


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  #3338551 3-Feb-2025 12:03
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Behodar:

 

RNZ headline: "This Taylor Swift is considering a name change"

 

The actual article: "Swift said he has no desire to change his name."

 

 

Misleading? Likely, but technically, a lack of desire to do something doesn't rule it out of consideration.


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