Who's telling the truth - Irish Times or Irish independent ?

Lapin

Following this afternoon's mini revolution when a lone rebel stormed Leinster House the following reports were written up by the two papers.

Indo. Garda slashed.

Times. No injuries.


My money is on the IT

kneemos

Major celebration in a hundred years.

Iwasfrozen

They're probably both telling the truth and one's just mistaken. There's no reason to assume either is lying.

No Pants

Lapin wrote: »

Indo. Garda slashed.

There's no mention of what the injuries are in the Indo report that I'm reading, so he may not have been "slashed", maybe the chap stomped on his toe or something.

I'm with you on the IT versus the Indo though.

Kermit.de.frog

Garda "slashed"? Overly dramatic I think.

Collie D

No Pants wrote: »

There's no mention of what the injuries are in the Indo report that I'm reading, so he may not have been "slashed", maybe the chap stomped on his toe or something.

I'm with you on the IT versus the Indo though.

Was only half listening to radio news but I think they said cut fingers. Not exactly slashed but not exactly uninjured either.

Two different news sited rushing to get the news out I suppose although one is obviously wrong

Lapin

The word 'slashed' was quoted from the Indo's FB page where I took the source from.

Not my word. All theirs.


Independent.ie shared a link.
about an hour ago
BREAKING: Garda slashed as man tries to enter Leinster House 'with sword and three knives'

No Pants

Collie D wrote: »

Two different news sited rushing to get the news out I suppose although one is obviously wrong

Nick Davies wrote about the pressures of working in such a news environment. He was referring to the UK, but I'm sure that the same targets are in place here, giving the minimum amount of time to get a new story onto the website with only seconds allowed for proofreading, never mind fact checking.

wazky

Thought was usually the TDs who get slashed in there?

jack presley

Did the Indo manage to bring Rosanna Davison into the story?

No Pants

Lapin wrote: »

The word 'slashed' was quoted from the Indo's FB page where I took the source from.

Not my word. All theirs.


Independent.ie shared a link.
about an hour ago
BREAKING: Garda slashed as man tries to enter Leinster House 'with sword and three knives'

Shows how quickly the site gets edited/amended. No mention of it now.

_Redzer_

All I know is my guy says maybe

safetyboy

Sherlock should of been slashed

cletus van damme

The IT is a ****ing rag of a paper.

I hate it with a passion , at least the indo doesn't hide what it is.

The IT masquerades behind this "paper of record" which is a sham. It a liberal rag for middle class labour voters who don't give a fcuk about anything bar their frothy coffee and social utopia.

Fred Swanson

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Troy Lumberjack

Was it a Samurai sword? Doesn't really count unless it was "a crazed madman brandishing a Samurai Sword".

Davarus Walrus

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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I wonder where they copied and reworded that from.

GaelMise

cletus van damme wrote: »

The IT is a ****ing rag of a paper.

I hate it with a passion , at least the indo doesn't hide what it is.

The IT masquerades behind this "paper of record" which is a sham. It a liberal rag for middle class labour voters who don't give a fcuk about anything bar their frothy coffee and social utopia.

I have to say that was one of the most fantasticly dense rants I have read on boards in a long time.

I doff my hat to you sir.

Nodin

cletus van damme wrote: »

The IT is a ****ing rag of a paper.

I hate it with a passion , at least the indo doesn't hide what it is.

The IT masquerades behind this "paper of record" which is a sham. It a liberal rag for middle class labour voters who don't give a fcuk about anything bar their frothy coffee and social utopia.

All that caffeine is building up I see.

Hande hoche!

Prefer the Irish Times crossword.

No Pants

jack presley wrote: »

Did the Indo manage to bring Rosanna Davison into the story?

They really missed a trick there. Also no mention of whether someone wore an outfit twice.

Nodin

No Pants wrote: »

They really missed a trick there. Also no mention of whether someone wore an outfit twice.

As long as pippa whatserface didn't fall off a horse, I'll be ok.

tritium

GaelMise wrote: »

cletus van damme wrote: »

The IT is a ****ing rag of a paper.

I hate it with a passion , at least the indo doesn't hide what it is.

The IT masquerades behind this "paper of record" which is a sham. It a liberal rag for middle class labour voters who don't give a fcuk about anything bar their frothy coffee and social utopia.

I have to say that was one of the most fantasticly dense rants I have read on boards in a long time.

I doff my hat to you sir.

quite right, its a rag for far more than Labour voters!

Still an agenda driven rag pretending to be a newspaper though, much like the rest of them

beks101

Didn't even read the OP but I'm gonna go with the IT?

Kermit.de.frog

Headline on this morning's Irish Independent:

Roy Keane heading for exit door as job share idea is turned down

And now this afternoon:

Roy Keane will not be going to Glasgow Celtic, Independent.ie can exclusively reveal.

That's how it's done folks. You scoop the readers in the morning and then you scoop them again a few hours later in the afternoon with a totally different outcome to same story you previously claimed was exclusive. That's how you run a newspaper.

I wish the Irish Times was as classy.

goose2005

Maybe the guard pissed on your man?

feargale

Neither.

Karl Stein

lolpapers