tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post710183755208679063..comments2024-03-13T15:35:30.839+00:00Comments on Tabloid Watch: From Spoof to StarMacGuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-61962196616344223542010-10-15T19:56:56.366+01:002010-10-15T19:56:56.366+01:00Probably the reason the Star has put it in the new...Probably the reason the Star has put it in the newspaper is because someone else said it. In this case the Spoof site.<br /><br />Very similar to the Daily Sport and it's "Bus on the Moon" stories. I vaguely remember the editor being asked about these obviously crap stories and he said that if someone told them something then it was "news" and could be published. So if a nutter told them a bus was on the Moon, the Sport would print it.<br /><br />The Star is just doing the same. It's probably also got the same readership IQ level as well. ;-)SadButMadLadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836368722377421009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-55602790348350158962010-10-15T17:57:03.544+01:002010-10-15T17:57:03.544+01:00Just shows (again) the contempt in which they hold...Just shows (again) the contempt in which they hold their readership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-15336506810562044592010-10-15T17:35:19.132+01:002010-10-15T17:35:19.132+01:00Not a massive deal, but thought this was funny (i ...Not a massive deal, but thought this was funny (i can't do screenshots):<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html<br /><br />About half way down the page under 6 of the editor's best - they've actually put the term "'elf" and safety on a serious headline, which is then replaced by "Health" in the actual page.<br /><br />You couldn't make it up. Be interested to know if this turns out to be insurance investors rather than H&S as wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-65351126892393659932010-10-15T14:30:34.071+01:002010-10-15T14:30:34.071+01:00I think there is a big difference between a museum...I think there is a big difference between a museum where people can go along to look at the site and see some of the artefacts from the rescue and a theme park with rides and other attractions. I don't think being dragged up and down a small hole in a cramped capsule would be really that much of an attraction.Crispin Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422241837149899082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-48523412764393265662010-10-15T10:25:57.858+01:002010-10-15T10:25:57.858+01:00http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-1154...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11549110<br />The BBC have something similar, the Caroline Hawley sidebar at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11549110 reads "Officials say the San Jose Mine where they suffered so much may now be turned into a museum." Have they fallen for it too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-81379375717624957462010-10-15T10:24:49.944+01:002010-10-15T10:24:49.944+01:00Has anyone actually contacted Turismo Chile and as...Has anyone actually contacted Turismo Chile and asked them directly though, or are we just assuming that the Star is wrong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-30217183965392032362010-10-15T09:55:20.299+01:002010-10-15T09:55:20.299+01:00They could at least have had the decency to steal ...They could at least have had the decency to steal from a spoof site that isn't awful.Mark Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13131194287692505485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-22404556738315240502010-10-15T09:46:19.417+01:002010-10-15T09:46:19.417+01:00Presumably if it was opened as a theme park it wou...Presumably if it was opened as a theme park it would be a goldmine!Crispin Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422241837149899082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-74434847314440090042010-10-15T09:18:15.333+01:002010-10-15T09:18:15.333+01:00They've not changed the headline on the (Star)...They've not changed the headline on the (Star) website yet. Astonishing.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06817806128052425511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-32266437556109770442010-10-15T06:58:16.073+01:002010-10-15T06:58:16.073+01:00Hahaha - they did the same spoof on Have I Got New...Hahaha - they did the same spoof on Have I Got News For You last night - well, the guest comedian used it as a joke in passing anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com