Category Archives: Shoddy Journalism

Headline Fail

Courtesy of yesterday’s mX, the shabby Murdoch freesheet that is distributed at train stations in Melbourne, comes this gem of a headline: “Police grill 3yo boys”. Really mX? Are you sure? I prefer to use a BBQ myself for my cannibalistic needs, but those crazy police will try anything, won’t they…

How The Meeja Works: We’ll Just Print Any Old Rubbish We Get Sent In A Press Release…

I read this story about a teenager getting a cabinet (when she wanted a cab, init–DYSWTDT) in the Metro of the bloke sitting next to me on the tube this morning. It’s also for some reason made it into El Reg (er, technology angle?) who appear to have just copied it out of the Daily [...]

Comedy Headline of the Day…

Excuse me while I put my grammar hat on for a second here, but I couldn’t help spotting this in the indie on Saturday: “Two held over woman’s head found on beach“. I can’t see how dangling the suspects in the air is going to help solve the crime, but what do I know about [...]