Sunday Independent in Non-Story Shocker...again

etymon

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/breifne-cuts-a-dash-but-dodges-tough-questions-2823679.html

I mean, how do they get away with writing ridiculously long-winded articles about a non-event? Where do they get their adjectives from? Who buys this paper anymore?

And don't get me started on their sycophantic arse-licking pieces in the magazine where C-list Irish celebs talk about me, me, chilling with my friend Ronan Keating/Gavin Friday/Dana oh, and me. Knobs.

7sr2z3fely84g5

Well it does show fraud pays in ireland,i don't seen any former fraudulent bankers,developers and politicians behind bars or stripped of their bonuses..

Cavehill Red

Translation: We had a picture of this lad we wanted to print, so we had to make up some sh1te to go alongside it.

Biggins

...All the more reason not to buy it. As long as they print such trash, my money stays in my pockets.

mikemac

It would have useful if they put in a paragraph about Breifne O'Brien, I don't know who he is

Instead they write about his clothes, where he goes and what he looks like
Is this what the Sindo considers news? More like a fashion article

But it's under national news and I now know more about his tan then any financial dodgy dealings

jimthemental

mikemac wrote: »

It would have useful if they put in a paragraph about Breifne O'Brien, I don't know who he is

Instead they write about his clothes, where he goes and what he looks like
Is this what the Sindo considers news? More like a fashion article

But it's under national news and I now know more about his tan then any financial dodgy dealings

I have no idea who he is but from the tone of the article the writer clearly wants to ride him! :eek:

oppenheimer1

Our weekly Sunday independent is shit thread has arrived bang on schedule I see...

syklops

etymon wrote: »

Who buys this paper anymore?

.

Various elder relatives of mine, have a Sunday morning regime of going to Mass and buying the Sindo. They will continue to do so until the priest is replaced with a stripper and a page three girl is added to page three. Why? I don't know. The Sindo is better than the Sun only because the sheets fit in the litter box better.

yayamark

Havent bought it since they did a terrible article on the female garda who died while giving birth to twins, one of whom died. in the same article they decided to drag her husband in it by saying he was the man who shot a man on duty.

Despicable, all my work colleagues have refused to buy it since.

sidneykidney

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Our weekly Sunday independent is shit thread has arrived bang on schedule I see...

What suprises me is that the people who start these shyte threads are generally moaning about the paper. Why buy it? Why look on their website, if you know it's full of trash

ejmaztec

sidneykidney wrote: »

What suprises me is that the people who start these shyte threads are generally moaning about the paper. Why buy it? Why look on their website, if you know it's full of trash

They might be giving away free Taytos, and you wouldn't want to miss that opportunity.

sidneykidney

ejmaztec wrote: »

They might be giving away free Taytos, and you wouldn't want to miss that opportunity.

I prefer King...:pac:

ejmaztec

sidneykidney wrote: »

I prefer King...:pac:

I don't like crisps, so I've no reason to go anywhere near the Indo website. I only read the articles in After Hours.:(

Pherekydes

If it's non-news how did it end up as a thread topic in AH?

Biggins

Pherekydes wrote: »

If it's non-news how did it end up as a thread topic in AH?

...Because daftness of stuff should be exposed for what it is sometimes?
Otherwise such drivel will only increase exponentially in relation to people not speaking up against such tripe.

Pherekydes

Biggins wrote: »

...Because daftness of stuff should be exposed for what it is sometimes?
Otherwise such drivel will only increase exponentially in relation to people not speaking up against such tripe.

Wouldn't it be a better idea to just ignore it and it'll go away?

Biggins

Pherekydes wrote: »

Wouldn't it be a better idea to just ignore it and it'll go away?

Hasn't worked on rag newspapers
Religions banging on peoples doors
Nazi's (Germany 1939 onwards)
Terrorists
"We want your old clothes" leaflets
Spammers
Etc... You name it...

Not just about the Sunday Indo but other stuff in general, its better to speak up than suffer in silence and think your alone.

Naikon

Rag of a paper imo.

sidneykidney

Biggins wrote: »

Hasn't worked on rag newspapers
Religions banging on peoples doors
Nazi's (Germany 1939 onwards)
Terrorists
"We want your old clothes" leaflets
Spammers
Etc... You name it...

Not just about the Sunday Indo but other stuff in general, its better to speak up than suffer in silence and think your alone.

Is there anything you actually like :P

Pherekydes

Biggins wrote: »

Hasn't worked on rag newspapers
Religions banging on peoples doors
Nazi's (Germany 1939 onwards)
Terrorists
"We want your old clothes" leaflets
Spammers
Etc... You name it...

Not just about the Sunday Indo but other stuff in general, its better to speak up than suffer in silence and think your alone.

Bizarre. If we ignore it, it'll try to exterminate a whole race of people?

It's a newspaper (allegedly), so if people don't buy it it'll go out of business.

Drumpot

Naikon wrote: »

Rag of a paper imo.

Back in the 90's they quoted a piece of sh*t criminal that had screwed my father financially and left his wife with 10 kids to flee the fraud squad with his mistress. The criminal had taken hundreds of thousands out of my dads company and they quoted the criminal in their paper (without veryifying it) saying that my dad was the one up to dodgy dealings.

Funny how my dad is still paying for the criminals actions and the fraud squad spent years trying to get him when he fled to the USA!

I wish my dad had of sued the paper for defemation of character at the time as I presume its too late at this stage!

F**kin piece of sh*t rag . Wouldnt wipe my ass with it!

Biggins

Pherekydes wrote: »

Bizarre. If we ignore it, it'll try to exterminate a whole race of people?

It's a newspaper (allegedly), so if people don't buy it it'll go out of business.

Sadly as its still appears, folk still do buy it - so they are not ignoring it.

sidneykidney wrote: »

Is there anything you actually like

Jelly Babies. :P

Naikon

Drumpot wrote: »

Back in the 90's they quoted a piece of sh*t criminal that had screwed my father financially and left his wife with 10 kids to flee the fraud squad with his mistress. The criminal had taken hundreds of thousands out of my dads company and they quoted the criminal in their paper (without veryifying it) saying that my dad was the one up to dodgy dealings.

Funny how my dad is still paying for the criminals actions and the fraud squad spent years trying to get him when he fled to the USA!

I wish my dad had of sued the paper for defemation of character at the time as I presume its too late at this stage!

F**kin piece of sh*t rag . Wouldnt wipe my ass with it!

Sorry to hear that. I simply don't trust the majority of mass media at face value these days. If it weren't for the fact most of these papers twist the actual events, I believe the stories would not be half as interesting to the man on the street.

sidneykidney

Biggins wrote: »

Sadly as its still appears, folk still do buy it - so they are not ignoring it.


Jelly Babies. :P

Ohh what colour are your favourite?

Biggins

sidneykidney wrote: »

Ohh what colour are your favourite?

Yellow.

etymon

well, out of habit every day I read all the Irish papers' websites for news headlines. This was on the front page of website today alongside NOTW scandal, Papal child abuse stuff and I just got cross. I have written to them a few times asking why they print such crap but I guess nobody cares! Or maybe I'm in a minority and people actually want to to know about these perma-tanned people who go to the shop and what sort of milk they buy, I dunno....

sidneykidney

etymon wrote: »

well, out of habit every day I read all the Irish papers' websites for news headlines. This was on the front page of website today alongside NOTW scandal, Papal child abuse stuff and I just got cross. I have written to them a few times asking why they print such crap but I guess nobody cares! Or maybe I'm in a minority and people actually want to to know about these perma-tanned people who go to the shop and what sort of milk they buy, I dunno....

I am more interested in what crisps and confectionary they buy, like Jelly Babies...:pac:

etymon

sidneykidney wrote: »

I am more interested in what crisps and confectionary they buy, like Jelly Babies...:pac:

I guarantee you, next week we have a headline on "stunning, perfectly coiffed Rosanna Davison and meathead boyfriend caught up with Sindo while taking a leisurely stroll in the leafy suburb of Sandycove. While stopping briefly at Teddy's to pick up a delicious, ice-white 99 that perfectly complimented Rosanna's well-known dazzling smile, meathead boyfriend picked up a packet of Jelly Tots. Remarked Rosanna of her beau: 'he's always liked Jelly Tots. Especially the yellow ones'. The onlookers beamed at the obviously head-over-heels couple as they casually ambled along, feeding each other confectionery that perfectly complimented their sugary affection for each other."

Pace2008

etymon wrote: »

I guarantee you, next week we have a headline on "stunning, perfectly coiffed Rosanna Davison and meathead boyfriend caught up with Sindo while taking a leisurely stroll in the leafy suburb of Sandycove. While stopping briefly at Teddy's to pick up a delicious, ice-white 99 that prefectly complimented Rosanna's well-known dazzling smile, meathead boyfriend picked up a packet of Jelly Tots. Remarked Rosanna of her beau: 'he's always like Jelly Tots. Especially the yellow ones'. The onlookers beamed at the obviously head-over-heels couple as they casually ambled along, feeding each other confectionary that perfectly complimented their sugary affection for each other."

That's an uncanny send-up.

bnt

If you were to give me a word count and a deadline, you'd be in no position to quibble about what I wrote. Quality or Quantity: pick one.

sidneykidney

etymon wrote: »

I guarantee you, next week we have a headline on "stunning, perfectly coiffed Rosanna Davison and meathead boyfriend caught up with Sindo while taking a leisurely stroll in the leafy suburb of Sandycove. While stopping briefly at Teddy's to pick up a delicious, ice-white 99 that prefectly complimented Rosanna's well-known dazzling smile, meathead boyfriend picked up a packet of Jelly Tots. Remarked Rosanna of her beau: 'he's always like Jelly Tots. Especially the yellow ones'. The onlookers beamed at the obviously head-over-heels couple as they casually ambled along, feeding each other confectionary that perfectly complimented their sugary affection for each other."

You're a Sindo journalist aint yah

4zn76tysfajdxp

Biggins wrote: »

Hasn't worked on rag newspapers
Religions banging on peoples doors
Nazi's (Germany 1939 onwards)
Terrorists
"We want your old clothes" leaflets
Spammers
Etc... You name it...

Not just about the Sunday Indo but other stuff in general, its better to speak up than suffer in silence and think your alone.

As bad as the Sindo is, it's still not comparable to the Nazis.

wandatowell

etymon wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/breifne-cuts-a-dash-but-dodges-tough-questions-2823679.html

Jaysus that was absolute rubber,

Biggins

Dorothy Late Clergywoman wrote: »

As bad as the Sindo is, it's still not comparable to the Nazis.

Very true - the point was that be a thing big or small, sometimes ignoring it don't make it go away sadly.

jimthemental

Pace2008 wrote: »

That's an uncanny send-up.

That is the first paragraph to the Life magazine for next week:D

Nodin

Biggins wrote: »

Very true - the point was that be a thing big or small, sometimes ignoring it don't make it go away sadly.

...said the Nun to the Bishop about the Priest.

Plentyofice

It certainly has become you're grade A tabloid shyte now. I used to love reading Shane Ross, Richard Forristal and Ian mcLean but the utter shyte being written about z listers like Amanda B's stunning performance at oxegen, Breifne O brien strolling down the street etc, Georgia breaks a nail, and any crap from the back page of the living section (red haired bloke talking about z listers spotted dining in such and such (fcukin crap) is stopping me reading it. I just go to the pages I like and use the rest as fuel for my fire

Orando Broom

Is it not Windsheeter?

mikedragon32

Biggins wrote: »

Yellow.

Biggins is a racist jelly-paedo!

Won't somebody please think of the (jelly) babies?

Caraville

Barry Egan. How this man can be called a "journalist" is beyond me. And Tríona McCarthy. Jesus Christ.

I have friends who are journalists or working in media and whilst a couple would be fairly well known, I'm pretty sure that despite having more talent than Egan has in his little finger, they're on nowhere near the money he is.

Still, at least they're not irritating pricks.

rivka

so true. I picked it up for the first time in a long time and they were giving coverage as a "style star" to someone who was recently involved in a public scandal involving homes for the elderly and abuse. Swiftly remembered why it has been so long since buying it the last time.

Caraville

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/europes-finest-get-taste-of-pure-craic-and-style-214607.html


Good God. If this is what Ireland was like in 2003, then bring on the recession I say. This is just vomit-inducing.

(I know this is from the Indo and not the Sindo, but still)

7sr2z3fely84g5

Caraville wrote: »

Good God. If this is what Ireland was like in 2003, then bring on the recession I say. This is just vomit-inducing.

if you want a good laugh read this,2007 -
A "rich successful developer"

http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/a-ferrari-helicopter-rides-to-church-and-girls-aloud-just-another-family-party-in-celtic-tiger-ireland-42280.html

2010 His true income revealed in court - http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/highflier-lived-off-bank-loans-2455723.html

SEPT 23 1989

Gene Kerrigan writes some good stuff

Benny_Cake

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Gene Kerrigan writes some good stuff

Gene Kerrigan must be the loneliest man in Ireland. I can see him there in the canteen, alone, looking over at Brendan,and Eoghan,and Eilis,and Marc,and Barry,and the rest of the nations finest boot-lickers.