Totally understand that all about cost cutting as everyone is experiencing that, but when the headline is completely mis leading to the article contents you know it is poor journalism.
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Totally understand that all about cost cutting as everyone is experiencing that, but when the headline is completely mis leading to the article contents you know it is poor journalism.
It's really just a question of personal taste, e.g. the first notice I took of his writing was a match report c.1994, following a big Richmond win over Brisbane. Regulars in the side included the Gale brothers, Richo, Daffy, Maxfield and Bulluss, and the report commenced, "They are long haired and athletic, like afghan hounds...". This abilitiy to effortlessly weave non-sporting metaphors/similes into football pieces is to be admired. That's not to say that I read his work avidly or that he never writes dross. I'll purchase The Australian once in a blue moon, and only when nothing else is available. FWIW, as much as I'm enjoying his current ripping of the Bombers, I reckon his personal bias is a little too obvious.
As KB is fond of saying, "The only sports journo to win three Walkley awards..."
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Widely held view promoted in the press, specifically by the Murdoch press. It's an election year after all.
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Not all of the public.
It also is not necessarily the primary choice, more people are opting for free or non traditional content. This means organisations like News and Fairfax, opt for the lowest common denominator because it is easy and cheap. Hacks churning out sensationalistic, poorly written, poorly researched "journalism", aimed at grabbing attention, creating a visceral response (positive or negative) and generating web clicks.
You please your traditional or core audience, intrigue a few others (hopefully enough for the outrage/scandal to go viral) and enrage those who don't agree so much that they feel compelled to click then vent their spleens.
The best advice is to opt out. Don't click on the BS.
Source quality blogs that challenge you, as well as providing the information you want (avoid the trap of constant confirmation bias) and visit solid news and current affairs sites like The Conversation.
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He believes its the publics 'right' to know things and even says so, that in itself irritates me.
I was going to post something similar. You only need to look at this forum to know a majority of fans these days would rather read a juicy rumour than a well reserched and structured story on the actual game.
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I could go on and on about the problems of the print media.
I can speak from partial personal experience thanks to my father. A proof reader at the old Herald and Weekly Times in the 70's and 80's, his role to make sure what was written by the journalists, had the correct spelling and grammar...BEFORE...it was in print.
Needless to say, the amount of dictionaries and thesauri he had certainly helped in my schooling.
But, the move to automation in the mid-to-late 80's meant that instead of Dad and 8 others making sure everything was correct, it was 1 man on a computer doing the work.
You can then see how the affect of automation and tools such as spell check has had. Keep in mind this: the spell check we all get on Microsoft Word, has a default setting to English (United States). So if you want to make sure that your own documents actually sound and read correct in Australian English, you can set it up in such a way that your settings are English (Australian).
Sadly, it would appear the print media has been to lazy for a start to change these settings.
I can speak from partial personal experience thanks to my father. A proof reader at the old Herald and Weekly Times in the 70's and 80's, his role to make sure what was written by the journalists, had the correct spelling and grammar...BEFORE...it was in print.
Needless to say, the amount of dictionaries and thesauri he had certainly helped in my schooling.
But, the move to automation in the mid-to-late 80's meant that instead of Dad and 8 others making sure everything was correct, it was 1 man on a computer doing the work.
You can then see how the affect of automation and tools such as spell check has had. Keep in mind this: the spell check we all get on Microsoft Word, has a default setting to English (United States). So if you want to make sure that your own documents actually sound and read correct in Australian English, you can set it up in such a way that your settings are English (Australian).
Sadly, it would appear the print media has been to lazy for a start to change these settings.
Journalist doesn't write the headline.
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We are behind the times. Tabloid journalism in Australia, in all forms of media has been around been around for 25 years.
Get a copy of Frontline a TV series from the 1990's, which gave an insight into the media.
Watch it and you will look at the media in a different way.
Get a copy of Frontline a TV series from the 1990's, which gave an insight into the media.
Watch it and you will look at the media in a different way.
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Hate that News Ltd. always gets you in with a negative headline that isn't supported by the article. 
Sydney Swans embroiled in father-son spat that could cost them Andrew Dunkley's talented son Josh
Story was picked up by 3AW who ran with the story that Dunkley doesn't want his son going to Sydney.
Sydney Swans embroiled in father-son spat that could cost them Andrew Dunkley's talented son Josh
Sydney Swans embroiled in father-son spat that could cost them Andrew Dunkley's talented son Josh
Story was picked up by 3AW who ran with the story that Dunkley doesn't want his son going to Sydney.
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But is that because there's less of them or a lot of them are working out of their cars/bins these days due to the inherent immediacy of "news" now? There'd certainly be more journalism graduates around now than then and these people should know how to spell.
Good because it's disgraceful.
Spare me. Get a better job (dare I say it, in some cases, a more honest one)? There's plenty out there with better conditions, more money and less hours. If you're doing it, it's because you think you're good at it or you want to be. People don't generally just drift into a job in journalism so they can tread water till something better comes along. You make it sound like they've caught themselves in some woe is me journalism trap akin to "Customer Service Supervisors".
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