"My old knickers cost me my dole"

ibarelycare

This is the front page story of today's Metro Herald. It must have been a VERY slow news day. "Journalist" Christina Finn wrote a piece , starting with the words

The Irish web community got its knickers in a knot yesterday after a woman claimed she lost her dole - because she was selling her used knickers to fetishists online.

This ENTIRE article is based on a thread on boards.ie that lasted a whole fifteen posts before it was locked. The article is written as a serious piece, featuring quotes (unattributed) from posters who had replied to the OP.

I know journalists have long been using boards as a means of inspiration, but this is far and away the laziest and most laughable piece of crap I've ever seen! I know it's only the Metro Herald, but I can't believe it's on the front page. It's hilarious that the 14 replies to the thread caused her to use phrases such as "The Irish web community got its knickers in a knot" and "Reaction varied".

On page 5 there is an article about the Savita case, on page 6 there is a piece about a social welfare worker who was jailed for pocketing €17,000 fraudulently, hell even on page 3 there was a story about a dog who got stuck in a pipe and had to be rescued by firefighters.

However someone made the decision to put a story based on a 15-post thread on an internet forum as the front page story. What the actual fuck?

intellectual dosser

What a load of pants.

marketty

There's a reason it's free

shopaholic01

When I saw the thread title I thought it was about the OP.

I don't remember that thread, how long ago was it?

My name is URL

Metro Herald

Well, there's your problem

Seachmall

Link to thread?

Menas

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056921863

ibarelycare

shopaholic01 wrote: »

When I saw the thread title I thought it was about the OP.

I keep off-shore bank accounts for those kinds of things!

shopaholic01 wrote: »

I don't remember that thread, how long ago was it?

It was yesterday, it's in the State Benefits forum and it's still on page 1 of that forum. I'm not sure if there's rules about linking to threads from other forums...

Seachmall

Here's the article.

The Backwards Man

Never have I been so disappointed to see quotation marks in a thread title when I saw who the OP was.:(

:P

The story is today's in Mirror as well, brilliant journalistic piece it is too.

hdowney

Honestly rediculous what they consider front page 'news'. I know it is a completely free rag but still!

kfallon

Tomorrow's front page, "Irish Web Community gets knickers in a knot about knickers in a knot story!" :pac:

Hopefully they'll quote my post and I'll be 'famous' :P

Seriously tho, no wonder that Metro is free :rolleyes:

Thundercats Ho

PM sent to Meave80

Morag

I'd love to see the paper be hit with an invoice from boards.ie for using it's published material.

silverharp

Trigger Happy wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056921863

this is a catholic country :pac:

Wacker The Attacker

That'll teach her to keep her knickers in check

shopaholic01

€350 per month on average. :eek:

Any tips on how to hide this from revenue?

snubbleste

shopaholic01 wrote: »

€350 per month on average. :eek:
Any tips on how to hide this from revenue?

hide it in your knickers

tbh

ibarelycare wrote: »

This is the front page story of today's Metro Herald. It must have been a VERY slow news day. "Journalist" Christina Finn wrote a piece , starting with the words



This ENTIRE article is based on a thread on boards.ie that lasted a whole fifteen posts before it was locked. The article is written as a serious piece, featuring quotes (unattributed) from posters who had replied to the OP.

I know journalists have long been using boards as a means of inspiration, but this is far and away the laziest and most laughable piece of crap I've ever seen! I know it's only the Metro Herald, but I can't believe it's on the front page. It's hilarious that the 14 replies to the thread caused her to use phrases such as "The Irish web community got its knickers in a knot" and "Reaction varied".

On page 5 there is an article about the Savita case, on page 6 there is a piece about a social welfare worker who was jailed for pocketing €17,000 fraudulently, hell even on page 3 there was a story about a dog who got stuck in a pipe and had to be rescued by firefighters.

However someone made the decision to put a story based on a 15-post thread on an internet forum as the front page story. What the actual fuck?

it's always interesting when you experience a story firsthand, and then read how the papers report it. it usually sounds very believable, but nothing like you remember it.

SEPT 23 1989

So she lodged the undeclared cash she got from her panty business into her bank account:o:rolleyes:

Corkbah

Morag wrote: »

I'd love to see the paper be hit with an invoice from boards.ie for using it's published material.

would you expect boards to be hit for an invoice for every time someone posts a story and link to a story from a newspaper ??

I think boards would loose on that one.

kylith

I'm sorry, did you expect journalism from the Metro, or something?

kfallon

I wonder if there were different categories for how 'used' her togs were!

I'm off to Penneys to buy a shedload of knickies!

Duggy747

Seachmall wrote: »

Here's the article.

What's that guy on the skateboard trying to do with the book in his hand, Xtreme Reading?...............to the Max?

Radical.

The Backwards Man

kfallon wrote: »

I wonder if there were different categories for how 'used' her togs were!

Is that how they rate duvets?:eek:

Menas

I don't know why the media have picked up on this one but the 'I found a safe' thread was ignored!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

There is potential here for some SERIOUS trolling of said newspaper...

hyperborean

Boards have her on the payroll, drumming up business for whatever media company owns it now....

Cupcake_Crisis

Maybe next time she'll set up a secret bank account for when she wants to sell her dirty knicks. Works for me :cool:

Son0vagun

It was my fault that thread got locked. I asked her to post a link to the website. I also suggested she should have posted on AH.

Got a nice PM from a lovely mod saying I had breached the forums charter. I was very upset sniff sniff

Gongoozler

Everyone knows you dont transfer the money all in one go. Pffft, n00b.
Wouldn't mind knowing which sites she's using though, I'm nowhere near 350 a month.

Mr. CooL ICE

Son0vagun wrote: »

sniff sniff

So THAT'S why they buy them. Starting to make sense in my innocent head now

Anyone

LordChessington wrote: »

So THAT'S why they buy them. Starting to make sense in my innocent head now

That, then he planned to put them in a safe and bury it in the ground.

Chuck Stone

Ivanna Knickersov.

AnonoBoy

This thread about the article about the thread has already been replied to more than the original thread so do you think perhaps they'll write an article about this thread which comments on the article written about the original thread and in that new article discuss the possibility that a further new thread will be created which discusses the second article which was written to comment on the thread which was started to comment on the first article which was written about the original thread?








I don't know why she swallowed the fly, perhaps she'll die.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

marketty wrote: »

There's a reason it's free

Advertising

Costs a lot to advertise in these papers.

elaney

It was on facebook a couple of times yesterday with sites like her.ie also writing about it.

Maybe it is an example of postmodern irony in action.

phasers

How's the dog?

Corvo

Oh man I'm sending her a PM right now.

<places underwear on face and falls back onto bed>

Toby Take a Bow

hdowney wrote: »

Honestly rediculous what they consider front page 'news'. I know it is a completely free rag but still!

Meh. The Metro are well aware of what type of newspaper they are, and I think anyone who reads it is aware of it too. I would be more worried with 'proper' newspapers (or the 'paper of record') trying and failing to uphold journalistic standards.

schnitzelEater

Griffin1988 wrote: »

Oh man I'm sending her a PM right now.

<places underwear on face and falls back onto bed>

Be careful you don't end up with this persons jocks on your face:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056923568

LuckyLloyd

To the writer of said "article". Know that your work is of poor quality and disgraces a once useful trade.

blade1

What does she look like and how much are the knickers?

Corvo

Seriously lads, has anyone ordered a pair yet? :cool:

mackerski

A great example of thinking outside the box

ibarelycare

phasers wrote: »

How's the dog?

It's fine, its owner hired a digger to dig him out herself but then the fire brigade stepped in and looked after everything.

A journo from the Merto probably posted the original story to gauge reactions and then write about it.

Capt'n Midnight

mackerski wrote: »

A great example of thinking outside the box

Because that's where the knickers were

Grayson

Seachmall wrote: »

Here's the article.

The octuplets on the bottom of the page are hot.