Sunday Independent in Non-Story Shocker...again

etymon · 17-07-2011 12:37PM #1

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 · 17-07-2011 12:40PM

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 · 17-07-2011 12:43PM

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 · 17-07-2011 12:52PM

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

mikemac · 17-07-2011 01:27PM

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 · 17-07-2011 01:34PM

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 · 17-07-2011 02:39PM

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

syklops · 17-07-2011 02:48PM

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 · 17-07-2011 03:10PM

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 · 17-07-2011 03:32PM

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 · 17-07-2011 03:36PM

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 · 17-07-2011 03:48PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

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

I prefer King...:pac:

ejmaztec · 17-07-2011 03:53PM

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 · 17-07-2011 04:06PM

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

Biggins · 17-07-2011 04:15PM

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 · 17-07-2011 04:21PM

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 · 17-07-2011 04:24PM

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 · 17-07-2011 04:25PM

Rag of a paper imo.

sidneykidney · 17-07-2011 04:32PM

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 · 17-07-2011 04:39PM

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 · 17-07-2011 04:42PM

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 · 17-07-2011 04:47PM

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 · 17-07-2011 04:49PM

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 · 17-07-2011 04:57PM

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 · 17-07-2011 04:59PM

sidneykidney wrote: »

Ohh what colour are your favourite?

Yellow.

etymon · 17-07-2011 05:18PM

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 · 17-07-2011 05:22PM

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 · 17-07-2011 05:26PM

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 · 17-07-2011 05:32PM

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 · 17-07-2011 05:35PM

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 · 17-07-2011 05:43PM

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

Sunday Independent in Non-Story Shocker...again

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