Worst article ever

The Agogo

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/on-just-euro196-a-week-it-hurts-to-part-with-the-pennies-2271802.html

pog it

It was a very poor effort alright but I wouldn't go as far as to say "worst article ever". There is always a lot of rubbish writing in the Sindo.

sceptre

Ah, I don't know about "worst article ever", though the writing is appalling, as well as the experience and the conclusion. Reasonable premise for an article, though getting someone to write it who gets confused by the idea of abandoning sparkly mojitos with the jet set due to poverty might not be the best idea unless it's a secret parody.

There's a big thread in AH discussing the Independent article, as well as one of the writer's other recent efforts. Feedback is not favourable. I foresee many more pieces in the same vein, culminating with a big revelation that it's hard to buy a two euro cup of coffee with 50 cents in your pocket.

The Agogo

Alright, I admit it wasn't the worst in history, but I needed a catchy headline! It's still pretty dire and insulting to people on the dole, not to mention that it is in no way close to describing real poverty.

K4t

Wow. No flow to the writing whatsoever and the subject matter is uninteresting to put it lightly...Mamma Mia, Gossip Girl, Hidden Naggins...She's a lightweight.

sceptre

The Agogo wrote: »

Alright, I admit it wasn't the worst in history, but I needed a catchy headline!

Ah, totally understandable. Trouble is, it's not even that journalist's worst article, which leads us on to the trouble with that trouble. Still understandable as a thread title choice though:)

sundaypapers

Roisin Ingle comes up with bad ones all the time. Try last week's one about the sister's wedding...

IT’S THE MORNING of the wedding of my little sister to her man. Hair appointment. Make-up appointment. Last minute tights purchasing appointment. Then a taxi to her apartment in the rain. Inside, my sister is sitting by the window with her back to me..... etc.. etc

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2010/0724/1224275125111.html

The Agogo

Ha yeah I read that one last Sunday too. It's like the editors just said "Sure feck it I'm out of ideas, just write whatever it is you did last week there Roisin!"

Fúcking lazy is what it is...

jdivision

sounds like she had a fairly good week to me

MagicMarker

Watching my all-time favourite movie Mamma Mia

I stopped reading here tbh.

I wish I had 196 a week to go shopping for clothes and get my hair cut. Taking on this new ''budget'' for 7 days is pretty fúcking pointless.

Maybe if she did it for 3 months I'd read the rest of the article.

Who_owns_this?

Kind of is a pile of shite alright.

All that nonsense of quitting the gym membership and not getting the extra special bread from Superquinn would be much more valid if the author hadn't mentioned at the start that they were only giving up their wealth for a week. "Oh no. I have to pick out the seeds in my grapes for seven days"... Get over it.

Whippersnapper

There is only so much of walking the hills, picnics in the park, borrowing a bike and bring-your-own-booze party one can take.

Eh? Surely I'm not the only one who thinks this sounds like the perfect weekend?

sceptre

Whippersnapper wrote: »

Eh? Surely I'm not the only one who thinks this sounds like the perfect weekend?

I'd agree with that.

I suspect it's in contrast to the desire for getting driven up the hills to somewhere fancy (I'm sure there are fancy places in the hills), having a long lunch with a glass of wine and a waiter as you giggle at the picnic crowd, laughing at the bike you own in the hall as you'll be getting driven up the hills and going back in the evening to that place you had your long lunch so that someone with a swagger and an eye-glint can buy you a series of mojitos.

It's not the sort of universe I'd care to join either. I'd probably get a few thousand words out of it though but they wouldn't be very complimentary. Enjoy your own universe - you'll get rained on occasionally but you'll like it more.

Still, to each their own. I'm sure the Humanities forum could cope with a warbling post from me about the shallowness of much of modern society so much better than the News/Media forum can (additionally, it'd be well within the remit of that forum:))

Mr. K

Whippersnapper wrote: »

Eh? Surely I'm not the only one who thinks this sounds like the perfect weekend?

I agree. The article was pretty weak all over...

sundaypapers

Appalling one in today's Irish Daily Mail about an "iPhone virgin" being converted to the device by some Irish aspiring celeb journo (sorry the name's gone)...