Quality reporting....

[TimNZ]

A quote from one of the reporters for the West Australian:

"Mounting police, officers from the Regional Operation Group and about 15 police cars dispersed the crowd."

Not the only mistake in the article, (but the funniest one!):

Teens partygoers throw rocks at police - The West Australian (http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/13911783/teens-partygoers-throw-rocks-at-police/)

[superquag]

Tell me something new, - I used to work there...:o

Recall impassioned discussion with a journo about his insistance on using tractless waste to describe a huge area of unknown, un-travelled desert country.

The book went to print, still describing that bushland's lack of boundries and surveyed alotments...

He mean't "no roads" or 'track-less', (Real Land Rover country)

"Never let the facts get in the way of a good story" was the motto for some, many years ago.

Today, they disregard the adjective...:p

[Old Farang]

It`s a damn disgrace! Just about everyday there is a similar example of poor English displayed in that newspaper.

About a week ago they reported that some rort was just a "racquet" to extort money from people! :mad:

[Davo]

I stopped reading it in about 1994 because it was so bad! They also have a tradition of writing a report about a previous story without bothering to tell you what happened in the first place, so unless you read the paper every day and remember it all, you can't figure out what they're talking about.

WA is a real mess when it comes to the media.

[superquag]

A range of major National newspapers were supplied to the company, and the Production staff invariably pinched most of them as we came in on shift.
(The journos did'nt, - we think the words were too long for them!)

The best writer they have is Dean Alston. Cartoonist.

'The Australian' was always well-read.... even the crosswords were preferred.

[digger]

"mounting police"

theres a section I may show interest in a transfer to....:D

[JayBoRover]

"Never let the facts get in the way of a good story" was the motto for some, many years ago.

Today, they disregard the adjective...:p

A range of major National newspapers were supplied to the company, and the Production staff invariably pinched most of them as we came in on shift.
(The journos did'nt, - we think the words were too long for them!)
:Rolling::clap2:
Brilliant stuff superquag!
I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiments regarding the West Australian fish and chip wrapping. (You can't call it a newspaper just because it's type print on large sheets of paper!). I give it a bit of a scan each day at work (because it's free) and if I come across something I actually know something about I'm always surprised at what they report.

I wonder how they used the Police cars to disperse the crowd? I can just see teenagers bouncing off the guards left, right and centre as a fleet of Police cars barrel through them:D.