Stupid cliches in newspapers....

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 15-08-2011 04:41PM #1

Does anyone else notice stupid photo opportunities that are repeated in the papers on a regular basis? For example, every time there's an election or a referendum there is a photo of a woman in a wedding dress casting her vote before getting married. These women obviously call the papers asking them to come to the polling station for a photo. Another example is the obligatory photo after major GAA matches of a couple from the opposing counties, whose children are wearing different jersey's.

Can anyone think of any more of these stupid non-stories that make the paper on a regular basis?

chin_grin · 15-08-2011 04:43PM

Nope. But here's a nice video on how to report the news.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGSXMuWMR4

cosmicfart · 15-08-2011 04:44PM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Does anyone else notice stupid photo opportunities that are repeated in the papers on a regular basis? For example, every time there's an election or a referendum there is a photo of a woman in a wedding dress casting her vote before getting married. These women obviously call the papers asking them to come to the polling station for a photo. Another example is the obligatory photo after major GAA matches of a couple from the opposing counties, whose children are wearing different jersey's.

Can anyone think of any more of these stupid non-stories that make the paper on a regular basis?

Lack of more boobies

chin_grin · 15-08-2011 04:45PM

cosmicfart wrote: »

Lack of more boobies

You know there are certain publications that don't report the news and, in fact, are completely jam packed full of naked ladies? Try the top shelf.

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 15-08-2011 04:46PM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Can anyone think of any more of these stupid non-stories that make the paper on a regular basis?

not paper,but on tv-
leaving or junior cert results on rte-THE WAIT WAS OVER *show footage of girls shrieking at their results*

Then footage changes to some snobby persons house and show them looking at their results with their mummy and daddy.

or anything to do with cats it was a "purrfect moment" :rolleyes:

alchemist33 · 15-08-2011 04:47PM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Can anyone think of any more of these stupid non-stories that make the paper on a regular basis?

Somebody has been suggested by somebody else as a possible President, even though they've not thought about running themselves. Oh look, here's an opinion poll...

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 15-08-2011 04:49PM

Amara Mealy Grave wrote: »

not paper,but on tv-
leaving or junior cert results on rte-THE WAIT WAS OVER *show footage of girls shrieking at their results*

Then footage changes to some snobby persons house and show them looking at their results with their mummy and daddy.

or anything to do with cats it was a "purrfect moment" :rolleyes:

Very true, you don't see such a big deal being made of the GSCE's in England.

alchemist33 wrote: »

Somebody has been suggested by somebody else as a possible President, even though they've not thought about running themselves. Oh look, here's an opinion poll...

Eamon O'Cuiv was featured in an opinion poll without any suggestion from anyone of him running.

El Weirdo · 15-08-2011 04:50PM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Does anyone else notice stupid photo opportunities that are repeated in the papers on a regular basis? For example, every time there's an election or a referendum there is a photo of a woman in a wedding dress casting her vote before getting married. These women obviously call the papers asking them to come to the polling station for a photo. Another example is the obligatory photo after major GAA matches of a couple from the opposing counties, whose children are wearing different jersey's.

Can anyone think of any more of these stupid non-stories that make the paper on a regular basis?

A source close to the star, 32, said.

cosmicfart · 15-08-2011 04:51PM

chin_grin wrote: »

You know there are certain publications that don't report the news and, in fact, are completely jam packed full of naked ladies? Try the top shelf.

that my kinda news.....and today in Ireland BOOOOOBS

My name is URL · 15-08-2011 04:52PM

Cliché-gate

Lux23 · 15-08-2011 04:52PM

Tried and tested methods, some times when you try something different it the concept might not be immediately obvious to anyone but yourself.

El Weirdo · 15-08-2011 04:53PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Cliché-gate

Yeah. That one really gets on my fucking nerves.

The King of Moo · 15-08-2011 04:57PM

Georgia Salpa and some other slapper in their underwear beside a visibly uncomfortable Government minister announcing a road safety campaign or something.
Made even worse by the fact that it only happens in Ireland.

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 15-08-2011 04:59PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Georgia Salpa and some other slapper in their underwear beside a visibly uncomfortable Government minister announcing a road safety campaign or something.
Made even worse by the fact that it only happens in Ireland.

i could say the same with any fashion clothing,usually its an fat ordinary person that does be wearing them.

Irish Guitarist · 15-08-2011 05:01PM

The Sun consists of stories that at first glance seem to be about something bizarre but end up being about a 'dole scrounger wasting our tax money'.

For instance a few months ago (or maybe it was last year) there was a story about a man with a massive skull tattoo on his face. I thought they were going to interview the man and ask what inspired him to do this and possibly have an interview with the tattoo artist. Instead the entire article was about him being a 'layabout' and a 'waster' and had nothing whatsoever to do with his tattoo, it was just a way of having a dig at the unemployed.

If The Sun was going to do a report on someone engaging in necrophilia the headline would probably read "MAN HAS SEX WITH CORPSES - HE OPENED THE COFFINS WITH A CROWBAR PURCHASED WITH YOUR TAX MONEY!!".

The King of Moo · 15-08-2011 05:04PM

I love the seemingly random words in bold you get between paragraphs in tabloids (and sometimes the Irish Independent I think) that are from the text and I guess are meant to give you the gist of the story, but make no sense out of context.

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BOTTLE

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ARM

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VESTIBULE

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MIDWIFERY

IamtheWalrus · 15-08-2011 05:07PM

If anything happens in a number of 6, the headline will be 'The joy of 6' guaranteed. yawn.

The King of Moo · 15-08-2011 05:09PM

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

If anything happens in a number of 6, the headline will be 'The joy of 6' guaranteed. yawn.

Or "On cloud nine" and "in seventh heaven."

So lazy.

Feeona · 15-08-2011 05:40PM

Spring-Lambs to the slaughter

Summer-Soaring temperatures : Pictures of children at beach fully clothed because it's still freezing!

September-Junior Infants starting school, always a picture of a child looking terrified while all the adults around him/her are laughing and talking about how cute he/she is.

Hallowe'en-Picture of a person with half their face missing due to them standing beside a person who had been to a bonfire once and held a fire cracker

Christmas-Queues of shoppers. Record spending.
Snowman if it's snowing, or picture of man slipping and cracking his face off the sidewalk (that still haunts me!!)

dan1895 · 15-08-2011 05:45PM

Any time Shels dish out a hiding - "opponents left Shel-shocked"
Any time UCD AFC are on the end of a hiding - "Students taught lesson"

Fup off and come up with something original!

**Vai** · 15-08-2011 05:49PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Georgia Salpa and some other slapper in their underwear beside a visibly uncomfortable Government minister announcing a road safety campaign or something.
Made even worse by the fact that it only happens in Ireland.

Salpa always makes me pay attention.

marty1985 · 15-08-2011 05:51PM

Whenever a funeral is in the news, the Irish Independent are never far away with bad poetry and try to end with a line that leaves the reader hanging breathless onto every word, as if showing Seamus Heaney how it's done.

Outside, the evening shadows lengthened.

Richard Hillman · 15-08-2011 06:01PM

Everytime the unemployment figures come out there is a picture of the massive dole queue in Dun Laoghaire.

When the GAA are promoting something they have a load of kids in county jerseys and there is always a token black kid.

The Star's semi-annual Ireland to play England at football story (notably printed on very slow news days)

Larry Murphy visits red light district in <insert city here>

Made up Fat Freddy stories in the Evening Herald everyday.

amacca · 15-08-2011 06:12PM

six one news just there now

gimpy looking student in a tent with a laptop...item was on new deposit protection scheme and up to 45k students hunting for accomodation come september

apparently students hope the wont have to settle for accomodation like that

cringe worthily funny I tells ya

trashcan · 15-08-2011 06:17PM

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

If anything happens in a number of 6, the headline will be 'The joy of 6' guaranteed. yawn.

Indeed. or the inevitable "Sixy" reference. Or if someone wins a football match 6-0 does it always have to be referred to as "sixy football" ?

Or where someone makes a throwaway remark and the Press then proceed to regurgitate it forevermore. E.g Gerry Adams IRA remark "They haven't gone away you know" Anyone else sick of hearing this referenced ad nauseum where things "haven't gone away you know"

Oh and agree completely about The Evening Herald and Fat Freddie. WTF is that all about ? I don't think there's a week goes by without him having a front page headline, mostly on some completely spurious basis.

And still on the Herald they had a story recently with the Headline "Priest caught in bomb horror" or something like that. Turns out that there was a device found on the road where the Priest lives. That's right, on the same road. Where the Priest, and presumably lots of other people, live. I guess "Housewife", or "Plumber" "caught in Bomb horror" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 15-08-2011 06:25PM

amacca wrote: »

six one news just there now

gimpy looking student in a tent with a laptop...item was on new deposit protection scheme and up to 45k students hunting for accomodation come september

apparently students hope the wont have to settle for accomodation like that

cringe worthily funny I tells ya

media always potrays students as poor and struggling,some aren't,their mammies and daddies pay for it all.

dirtypanties · 15-08-2011 06:29PM

The body was found by a man out walking his dog.....

Everytime!!!

Magic Beans · 15-08-2011 06:31PM

I hate the way they end news bulletins with an up-beat cute and cuddly story about a babay koala being rescued from a well by a one armed blind orphan in a wheelchair. Are we just supposed to forget all the serious news before it and go "awwwwww isn't that cute"? Wake up sheeple.