Over 20 years ago, emotional intelligence was considered highly desirable and cultivating that trait was all on. Media presenter John Campbell developed it, using it very successfully for a time, but unfortunately for him, viewers cottoned on to its manipulative nature. Taking a sliver of truth and pushing that sliver
A tragedy certainly. All the more reason to check the content carefully. Too hard for Stuff. This example shows 3 sentences at the end of the article, one after another, none of which make sense. * 5 nautical miles from where? * Swept into the Pacific Islands? * What are the national assets?
Stuff have been busy trying to whip up extremist hysteria again. Nothing quite like creating your own stories so you can have something to write about! Auckland landlord’s ‘non-stir fry cooking’ ad is racial discrimination – TradeMe Stuff and Nonsense. Dec 16th I was excited to learn all about
Today’s Stuff up is from the NZ Herald and it is a doozy! A “man show” by police? Did they go the Full Monty? “Blue light disco’s” aren’t what they used to be!
The folks at Stuff are all tingley-legged over a ‘Fox News’ poll showing ‘record’ support for Donald Trump’s impeachment and removal from office. Since modern reporters can’t afford time away from their precious Twitbook screens for actual analysis it’s left to mere commoners to do the
The White Island volcano did what any volcano might do naturally, but the fact people were on it having a tourist experience when it happened was a terrible tragedy. The aftermath, however, is the MSM reviving the likes of Pike River, the Christchurch Earthquake, and the Christchurch terror attack whilst
Boing Boing The Royal soap opera continues apace in this week’s tawdry tabloids, increasingly untethered from reality. “Dying Queen’s Worst Nightmare!” screams the cover of the ‘Globe.’ “Prince Andrew Arrested! Secretly held in remote tower. FBI grills royal over Epstein murder.” There’s so much fantasy to unpack
Technically this one from Sun Media isn’t a stuff-up, it was deliberate. Perhaps they have gone barking mad?
Perhaps not so much a stuff up as another sign of the appalling editorial standard in place at Stuff these days. An Auckland Airport spokesman said the incident on Thursday afternoon involved Air New Zealand flight NZ8109 from Auckland to Palmerston North. Airways spokeswoman Emily Davies said the pilot phoned
Don Brash Co-spokeperson for the Hobson’s Pledge Trust On the 8th of December, in commenting on the decision by New Zealand First to vote against his Bill to entrench the Maori electorates, Te Tai Tonga MP Tino Tirikatene accused that party of pandering to anti-treaty rights group
Neither the NZ Herald front-page headline nor the article itself showed an accurate conversion of 107 million quid. The NZ Herald Front page and article have both since been corrected to $208M.
In an age when, despite all the evidence to the contrary, celebrities imagine themselves the world’s moral and intellectual paragons, it’s refreshing to hear an actor admit the unspeakable: celebrities aren’t very clever. As I warned BFD readers many moons ago, celebrities aren’t very well educated
“Budget 202” – I know the CoL are taking us back to the dark ages, but that seems a bit far.
