The column that has fun with the smaller mistakes and missteps of Australia’s mainstream mediocre; that pays homage to those sweet little fishes that individually don’t amount to a full meal but collectively can cause a tummy upset over the overall state of the once great and noble craft of journalism in this country.
Here’s one for the intro or lead-in working far too hard file.
ABC newsreader Jeremy Fernandez told his NSW audience last weekend that NSW had grabbed early bragging rights ahead of Wednesday night’s first State of Origin clash in Adelaide.
And why? The Parramatta Eels had beaten the North Queensland Cowboys 24-16 last Friday night.
Phew! That really is working … and we’ll let Tom Gleeson finish this sentence …. HARD!
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Anyone who has been in journalism for more than an hour has probably already been taught that the word “refute” means to positively disprove something.
Example: A panel of experts has refuted that Vikki Campion is a talented writer.
So we grabbed this little paragraph from the ABC Online after Mark McGowan pulled the pin as Western Australian Premier.
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Don’t hold us to the exact words as we didn’t have a pen handy but we’re pretty sure that Hugh Riminton on Channel 10 said that before various newspapers and investigative reporters had exposed Ben Roberts-Smith’s war activities, the VC winner had enjoyed a reputation better than any one else’s in Australia.
Hugh, we’re going to put that one into our hyperbole of the year file.
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