Is it just me or is this 'news article' no more than an advertisement?

Rural pub positioned to tap into tourist market

It is what is euphemistically known as an 'advertorial' but it should specify that.

Geektastic: "Big pay rise for women!"

Said pay rise will cost "the government" $500 million. Not the taxpayers then. That's good. Special government money that comes from somewhere other than tax. A magic tree perhaps?

When it's good, the money is supplied by the government or the councils. When it's bad, it's the taxpayers and ratepayers that need to stump up.

However, this really is one of those things that irritate me - money doesn't come from guv'ment, it comes from tax payers.

I moot that every expenditure by guv'ments and councils clearly state that the taxpayer and ratepayer will be paying.

"Mr and Mrs J Smith win leaky $1.4m house claim against council - council to pay all costs to remedy and legal costs"

"Ratepayers will have to pay $1.4m to fix Mr and Mrs Smiths leaky house."

"Taxpayers didn't get a vote to give MP's 12% payrise, costing taxpayers $1.2M per year extra"

(rubbery figures)

'Snipers' spotted in Arrowtown as top world spies gather

"A dog handler was seen hopping out of a police vehicle, which had a dog in the back, dressed in civilian clothing." 

The clairvoyant claims he knew Trump would win the US election as far back as 2015.

He also reportedly predicted the billionaire businessman would become the "illuminati king" who will "bring the world into WW3".

How is this "Breaking News" - Totally dilutes the meaning!

(From the herald! - They don't deserve CAPITAL letters)

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PhantomNVD: "Psychic's prediction for nuclear war"

Probably should be in the Trump thread but... seriously ridiculous as a news article 🙄

The clairvoyant claims he knew Trump would win the US election as far back as 2015.

He also reportedly predicted the billionaire businessman would become the "illuminati king" who will "bring the world into WW3".

More Daily Mail quality reporting. Who do you blame? The schools? The Internet? At the rate we are going this really will be the planet of the apes soon.

*Shrug* Well, we've already got a monkey in the whitehouse. 

afe66: "This country will only have 10 minutes to prepare should North Korea launch a nuke"

Then click on the article and "this country" turns out to be Japan.

Literally true but vague enough to mislead. When Nz newspaper says "this country" most would assume it's talking about Nz....

But from their point of view it worked .... you clicked.

Which is the whole point of these reprinted articles that they deliberately copy wholesale and attach misleading headlines to.

Sadly, I'm old enough to remember back to when the Herald was a reputable source of actual news.