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The Indo isn't even trying anymore

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    #2
    The One Doctor
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    efb wrote: »
    http://m.independent.ie/incoming/whats-your-opinion-30537705.html

    Write your own article...

    You think that's bad, I know one of the Indo's Education columnists. They talk like they write... and got a psychology degree 'just to have it'. Woe betide anyone who gets treatment from this person - they'd be dead inside a week.


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    The Backwards Man
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    I've started threads that are better than Indo articles.


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    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    A simple Yes or No quetion followed by a couple of ads followed by loads of blank space where an article usually resides.


    Well - Its already more riveting than anything Niamh Horan ever produced.


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    efb
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I've started threads that are better than Indo articles.

    Don't be so modest


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    #6
    The Backwards Man
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    Maybe it's my scriptblocker, but is there actually no tweets where they say 'Here are the best tweets' in this?


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    Manach
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    Well in common with habitual Indo columns, it still has the tradition of loaded headlines and presenting a Manichean worldview - so at least that is a constant.


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    vicwatson
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    The Indo is worse than the sun, sunday world, the star and the mirror combined (oh and the mail)


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    http://essaytyper.com/


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    #10
    The Backwards Man
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    The Indo is worse than the sun, sunday world, the star and the mirror combined (oh and the mail)
    It's like the local pirate radio station up here a few years ago.

    'And now a request for Mickey Francey in Poundtown who is 111 today, by Jesus, you're sticking her rightly boyo. . . . . actually, I'm being told that Mickey Francey is actually ill today, must get me eyes checked.'


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    Hotfail.com
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    The Indo is worse than the sun, sunday world, the star and the mirror combined (oh and the mail)

    Still not as bad as the J word.


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    Lapin
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    Hotfail.com wrote: »
    Still not as bad as the J word.





    A complete rag indeed, th?&id=HN.608008614504238606&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0 :mad:


    It will never darken my door again.


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    #13
    Gyalist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭Gyalist


    I noticed this a few weeks ago:

    The Guardian - 28/07/2014
    The real reason French women have stopped sunbathing topless

    The Independent - 31/07/2014
    It's a cover-up: why we're no longer happy going toplessf

    The Independent - 01/08/2014
    French women say au revoir to topless sunbathing

    The Independent - 03/08/2014
    Decline in topless sunbathing sparks French breast-beating


    Did The Independent lift an article from The Guardian, pad it out, milk it thrice in four days, to titillate its readers?


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    #14
    [Deleted User]
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I've started threads that are better than Indo articles.

    Link?


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    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Link?
    Woodward.

    Bernstein.


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    #16
    _Whimsical_
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    I always enjoy when they've clearly created a patchwork article by directly copying and pasting paragraphs from another article elsewhere. You'd think there'd be minimal effort but they still manage to throw in the same paragraph 2 or 3 times during the article.


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