Comments on: They call this rag a newspaper? http://hourann.com/blog/2007/01/25/they-call-this-rag-a-newspaper Hourann’s illogical blog Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:56:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Pencil Guy » So, how do MPs handle hookers? http://hourann.com/blog/2007/01/25/they-call-this-rag-a-newspaper/comment-page-1#comment-13558 The Pencil Guy » So, how do MPs handle hookers? Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:04:08 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2007/01/25/they-call-this-rag-a-newspaper#comment-13558 [...] reported that the Press Council recently upheld a complaint against our local daily for their ridiculous “article” in January about a supposedly-frail lady sleeping on chairs in a [...] [...] reported that the Press Council recently upheld a complaint against our local daily for their ridiculous “article” in January about a supposedly-frail lady sleeping on chairs in a [...]

]]> By: Thia http://hourann.com/blog/2007/01/25/they-call-this-rag-a-newspaper/comment-page-1#comment-10184 Thia Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:22:37 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2007/01/25/they-call-this-rag-a-newspaper#comment-10184 Well, I never said the stuff worth reading was originally theirs... =) I remember reading a pretty good article in there once, thought maybe they were actually improving, then looked at the byline which was Matt Price. Heh. The whole hospital thing passed me by, simply because we only buy the paper on Saturdays. But I do love the delicious irony in that quote =) Well, I never said the stuff worth reading was originally theirs… =) I remember reading a pretty good article in there once, thought maybe they were actually improving, then looked at the byline which was Matt Price. Heh.

The whole hospital thing passed me by, simply because we only buy the paper on Saturdays. But I do love the delicious irony in that quote =)

]]> By: azza-bazoo http://hourann.com/blog/2007/01/25/they-call-this-rag-a-newspaper/comment-page-1#comment-10151 azza-bazoo Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:07:18 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2007/01/25/they-call-this-rag-a-newspaper#comment-10151 Hehe, thanks phil :-) Thia, I agree with you ... much as I bag it, the West does carry a few decent articles every issue. Their world coverage is actually pretty good -- albeit only because they reprint quality stuff from Reuters and the AP. But they're supposed to be authoritative on State politics and local issues ... which I might have once believed, before hearing about stuff like this. Also, today's editorial seems to confirm my suspicion about a crusade. <strong>Apparently there were only "some errors of detail about the patient and her ailment"</strong>, and the Health Minister has no right to criticise their coverage. It even admits that they "did not know who the patient was"! And still no publication of the letter the lady wrote, even though the editorial acknowledges it exists (in some ridiculous hand-wavery about privacy: according to Mr. Armstrong, it was wrong of hospital management to allow her to sign a letter critical of the publication of her photo). The best quote: "West Australians are entitled to information about what is going on in their hospitals, free from the institutionalised spin and obfuscation used to mask inadequacies." I must remember to go sacrifice a goat at the holy, always-faultless, never-obfuscated temple that is Mr. Armstrong and his journalism. Hehe, thanks phil :-)

Thia, I agree with you … much as I bag it, the West does carry a few decent articles every issue. Their world coverage is actually pretty good — albeit only because they reprint quality stuff from Reuters and the AP. But they’re supposed to be authoritative on State politics and local issues … which I might have once believed, before hearing about stuff like this.

Also, today’s editorial seems to confirm my suspicion about a crusade. Apparently there were only “some errors of detail about the patient and her ailment”, and the Health Minister has no right to criticise their coverage. It even admits that they “did not know who the patient was”! And still no publication of the letter the lady wrote, even though the editorial acknowledges it exists (in some ridiculous hand-wavery about privacy: according to Mr. Armstrong, it was wrong of hospital management to allow her to sign a letter critical of the publication of her photo).

The best quote: “West Australians are entitled to information about what is going on in their hospitals, free from the institutionalised spin and obfuscation used to mask inadequacies.”

I must remember to go sacrifice a goat at the holy, always-faultless, never-obfuscated temple that is Mr. Armstrong and his journalism.

]]> By: Thia http://hourann.com/blog/2007/01/25/they-call-this-rag-a-newspaper/comment-page-1#comment-10145 Thia Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:39:50 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2007/01/25/they-call-this-rag-a-newspaper#comment-10145 Actually, I think the Mercury in Hobart is worse. At least if I flick through the West I can usually find one or two aricles worth reading. (I would concede that at the time we were in Hobart the articles may have been particularly bad, since there were all the fires and clearly it is too much to expect any editor of a tabloid to resist "Fires from hell" headlines, even over the course of a week, but my friend who lived there for a few months assured my that it was normally only very slightly any better, if at all.) Actually, I think the Mercury in Hobart is worse. At least if I flick through the West I can usually find one or two aricles worth reading. (I would concede that at the time we were in Hobart the articles may have been particularly bad, since there were all the fires and clearly it is too much to expect any editor of a tabloid to resist “Fires from hell” headlines, even over the course of a week, but my friend who lived there for a few months assured my that it was normally only very slightly any better, if at all.)

]]> By: philcordery http://hourann.com/blog/2007/01/25/they-call-this-rag-a-newspaper/comment-page-1#comment-10139 philcordery Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:30:12 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2007/01/25/they-call-this-rag-a-newspaper#comment-10139 Well done Pencil Guy my sentiments exactly The local rag has sunk to the bottom of the septic tank Worst paper in Australia Well done Pencil Guy
my sentiments exactly
The local rag has sunk to the bottom of the septic tank
Worst paper in Australia

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