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Galway Advertiser - A joke?

masteroftherealm

Has anyone read this weeks advertiser with the editorial by Mairtin O Caithan on page 16.

Can someone please assure me that this guy is a satirist because I have never seen such drivel and hilarity in one article in a published newspaper in my life. This guys seems to honestly talk about;

"Peoples brains are fairly well programmed as to how they will slant politically the day they are born..."

and

"There was one social commentator ... in Connemara who used to speak at the marts and in the pubs about matters like this... and he reckoned that you would actually know a Fine Gael supporter by the look of him ... "

He uses this guy as an alternative to scientific peer reviewed biological research currently underway in the US that is "costing millions" and "If only they took heed of the home grown experts in the hills and farmlands of Galway".

And we expect to be respected as an internationally aware and respected country, and county, Galway is attempting to bring in more medical and scientific R&D to the county and yet we are printing this in a county newspaper delivered to how many homes?

A progressive and intellectual Ireland is still far far away.

Also the article and many others are riddled with spelling and grammatical errors, do the Advertiser staff not have a proof reader on the books or do the copy-editors just not do their jobs very well?

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mikom

Take the accommodation element away from the advertiser and it has very little to set it apart from the rest of the Galway papers tbh.

Kintarō Hattori

So what's this all about then Dr. James? :P

Sea Devils

Tigger wrote: »

i wonder where mr stevens is

Probably hiding somewhere

benji2006

What I hate most about the Advertiser is how it can downplay/ignore important stories when it suits.

For example:

they gave front page to a story about some politician getting rid of trees in bohermore when the burning issue of the day was the laser card scam (that only made page 7) - of course, the fact that the scam occurred in the stores of some of their largest advertisers would have nothing to do with that

they almost totally ignored the clocking scam in Arch motors

little/no mention of the GMIT lecturer that was found guilty of harrassment of a neighbour in Woodhaven - the Irish Times covered it at least twice....

no mention of O'Malley's laying off construction workers at the start of the downturn in the property market -

and not to mention the property/business "advice" stuff that is usually little more than sales pitches for their advertising clients....

And then the editor has the audacity to get up on his soapbox every week and give out about his pet peeves ...people in glasshouses and all that...

Robbo

benji2006 wrote: »

What I hate most about the Advertiser is how it can downplay/ignore important stories when it suits.

For example:

they gave front page to a story about some politician getting rid of trees in bohermore when the burning issue of the day was the laser card scam (that only made page 7) - of course, the fact that the scam occurred in the stores of some of their largest advertisers would have nothing to do with that

they almost totally ignored the clocking scam in Arch motors

little/no mention of the GMIT lecturer that was found guilty of harrassment of a neighbour in Woodhaven - the Irish Times covered it at least twice....

no mention of O'Malley's laying off construction workers at the start of the downturn in the property market -

and not to mention the property/business "advice" stuff that is usually little more than sales pitches for their advertising clients....

And then the editor has the audacity to get up on his soapbox every week and give out about his pet peeves ...people in glasshouses and all that...

Those kind of stories tend to involve some form of "journalism" and getting off your arse for research.

The "local politicians thinking aloud" ones that make the front pages arrive in handy press release format, ready to be copied and pasted in; often with the original spelling and grammar mistakes intact.

Mr Cork Man

benji2006 wrote: »

What I hate most about the Advertiser is how it can downplay/ignore important stories when it suits.

For example:

they gave front page to a story about some politician getting rid of trees in bohermore when the burning issue of the day was the laser card scam (that only made page 7) - of course, the fact that the scam occurred in the stores of some of their largest advertisers would have nothing to do with that

they almost totally ignored the clocking scam in Arch motors

little/no mention of the GMIT lecturer that was found guilty of harrassment of a neighbour in Woodhaven - the Irish Times covered it at least twice....

no mention of O'Malley's laying off construction workers at the start of the downturn in the property market -

and not to mention the property/business "advice" stuff that is usually little more than sales pitches for their advertising clients....

And then the editor has the audacity to get up on his soapbox every week and give out about his pet peeves ...people in glasshouses and all that...

That editor does my head in he thinks he so high and mighty.That rag must be the worst local paper in ireland.Does anyone know why they got rid of the garda report section?

cornbb

Mr Cork Man wrote: »

That editor does my head in he thinks he so high and mighty.That rag must be the worst local paper in ireland.Does anyone know why they got rid of the garda report section?

Probably because they couldn't find a way to equitise it... is that a proper word? you get the gist.

snubbleste

Mr Cork Man wrote: »

That editor does my head in he thinks he so high and mighty.That rag must be the worst local paper in ireland.Does anyone know why they got rid of the garda report section?

What other free local paper in Ireland is better?

Climate Expert

snubbleste wrote: »

What other free local paper in Ireland is better?

The Metro.

snubbleste

Climate Expert wrote: »

The Metro.

Good! Any others?

Mr Cork Man

snubbleste wrote: »

What other free local paper in Ireland is better?

The mayo echo.:D

Fracture

I want Mr.Stevens to make a reply, i am gonna check this thread every day until he does, tbh id sticky this thread, ban Mr.Stevens and pass all what happened here onto another Galway paper :P
In my opinion people should know about this stuff, If the advertiser wanted to be a successful paper they would write about the best story's, make sure it is of a professional standard and not like some weekly parish newsletter and stop protecting their clients and get the real story's that people love to read.
They may as well just turn it into a comic, at least the kids will enjoy it.

Xiney

Mr Cork Man wrote: »

That rag must be the worst local paper in ireland.

Clearly, you have not seen the Sligo Post.

The Galway Advertiser is at least useful (for accommodation & classifieds) and they make far fewer errors.

topper75

I got a copy in the door there a few weeks back with the main headline reading: "Driver could not explain high speed lunchtime car chase through [sic]".

Maybe it was a rare edition that I could sell to some nerd stamp collector. I noticed the version on display in the Advertiser front window in town that week had the word 'through' blanked out.

Chris_533976

Spot the Goatse in this weeks Galway First

SimpleSam06

topper75 wrote: »

Maybe it was a rare edition that I could sell to some nerd stamp collector.

No the rare edition would be the one with no mistakes in it.

Chris_533976 wrote: »

Spot the Goatse in this weeks Galway First

Thats the editor.

cL0h

I endorse this thread in the name of anti censorship.

SimpleSam06

cL0h wrote: »

I endorse this thread in the name of anti censorship.

True, damn the man!

Redhairedguy

Epic sig SimpleSam...

Krieg

For SimpleSam06

Well spotted. I remember logging in that day and thinking it was just a popular day on the forum

toiletduck

Ha, good work! Truth be told the Advertiser went downhill as soon as it was announced that the Air Show was cancelled. The inane ramblings in the letters section made for great reading whilst in the fortress of solitude.

snubbleste

What guidelines are there to stop a 'journalist' copying a press release issued by a local authority word for word and adding their own name to the byline?

Sponge Bob

None whatsoever in Galway , that is why it is oxymoronic to call them 'journalists' hereaboouts when they are in reality 'serial regurgitators' ......or in a few very sad cases 'Franks Bitch'

nobodythere

Sponge Bob wrote: »

'Franks Bitch'

Now now that's totally unfair. Some of them are Conneely's bitches.

Pub07

I don't really see the point in knocking the Advertiser, it's a small, free regional newspaper that people only read for the classifieds and entertainment listings. I wouldn't expect too much from such a paper operating under those conditions.

SimpleSam06

Pub07 wrote: »

I don't really see the point in knocking the Advertiser, it's a small, free regional newspaper that people only read for the classifieds and entertainment listings. I wouldn't expect too much from such a paper operating under those conditions.

In fairness the people who are complaining are the same people the Advertiser are trying to "sell" to their customers - pay us and we'll ensure your advert gets seen by tens of thousands of Galwegians.

Its starting to look more and more like what they are selling isn't worth what they are charging, since most of their "viewers" don't want to look at their publication, and by charging I mean it will set you back €800 for an advert the size of the palm of your hand.

Mrs OBumble

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

Its starting to look more and more like what they are selling isn't worth what they are charging, since most of their "viewers" don't want to look at their publication, and by charging I mean it will set you back €800 for an advert the size of the palm of your hand.

The comments made here show that lots of people do at least look at the Advertiser. They may not like what they see, especially the quality of the so-called "articles", but they do look, and this is what the advertisers pay for.

SimpleSam06

JustMary wrote: »

The comments made here show that lots of people do at least look at the Advertiser. They may not like what they see, especially the quality of the so-called "articles", but they do look, and this is what the advertisers pay for.

Its a big stretchy leap from seeing an advert in the paper to taking action based on that, and the leap is even further if you consider that people don't even bother with the articles any more. I mean the Advertiser doesn't put those in there for the fun of it; thats what is meant to get people interested in the paper in the first place.

Informative and interesting news is why people read newspapers, if they aren't getting that why would they bother? If they need a service they'll just look it up. Random offers in the Advertiser don't interest most people. I'd say that a lot of those papers just go straight into the bin, tbh.

studiorat

good thread;)

Wompa1

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

Its a big stretchy leap from seeing an advert in the paper to taking action based on that, and the leap is even further if you consider that people don't even bother with the articles any more. I mean the Advertiser doesn't put those in there for the fun of it; thats what is meant to get people interested in the paper in the first place.

Informative and interesting news is why people read newspapers, if they aren't getting that why would they bother? If they need a service they'll just look it up. Random offers in the Advertiser don't interest most people. I'd say that a lot of those papers just go straight into the bin, tbh.

In the word of Gabby Johnson...rrrrrrrrrrrarrrrrrrrrrrrrr rarrrrrrrrrrghhhh!