Tuesday, 30 October 2012

The Huffington Post punked by Doug Stanhope

Source: dougstanhope.com

The Huffington Post is making great strides in their quest of destroying whatever is left of journalism.  It would be hillarious if they weren't making bucket loads of money in the process.

You'd think after several original bloggers were spooked by Arianna money hoarding ways, nobody would want to want to touch that horrid organisation with a 10 feet pole.  But there appears to be no end of losers lining up to contribute to the destruction of what was once a noble profession.

One such person is somebody by the name of Mike Ragogna.  He proved that he has no business calling himself a journalist or interviewing people last week when he mixed up interviewee's numbers and called comedian Doug Stanhope instead of the Sex Pistols' John Lydon, was told that he had called the wrong number and did not heed the advice and proceeded to conduct the interview.  Doug Stanhope, being a comedian, saw this as a comedic opportunity and - although The Huffington Post have destroyed all the evidence of the interview - somebody managed to record the audio.  Here it is for your listening experience.




Maybe they should stick to slideshows of Kim Kardashian's ass.  I hear it's huge and she instagrams her pictures every hour.  There's very little margin for error there.

Monday, 29 October 2012

Moneyweb sexist headline fail



Those guys who occupy skyscrapers, wear nice suits and spend all day watching the stock prices and predict share price performances are so funny aren't they?



They are so evolved they think that we've only just made it into the 50's and only men consume their product and they own their women.  Thanks for the confirmation that even some of the seemingly well educated people do indulge in casual sexism.

Well fellas, to answer your question, I do hope she gets herself some decent knickers.

Saturday, 27 October 2012

Good Morning Ulster Jimmy Savile text fail



Since it was revealed that one of their favourite sons, the late Jimmy Saville was responsible for countless cases of sexual abuse on underage girls, the BBC has been in damage control mode.  So much so that when a prankster sent in a text to BBC Ulster, the presenter just read it out without a second though in an effort to get that much sought after contrary view.

With hilarious consequences.




Monday, 22 October 2012

News24 Voices editing fail



One of News24's opinion sections that has a lot of good writers and equally impressive number of clicks is News24Voices.  One of their good writers, and I think they're luck to have her, is Mandy Roussouw and as brilliant as I think she is, even she needs to be edited.

I'm afraid I'll never know why she finds the suggestion that the DA and Great Britain clandestinely plotting to depose the ANC government laughable because the piece is so badly written/edited I couldn't read past the first paragraph.

Daily Mail pulling the "bully" card



The Daily Mail wants you to know that it's the most read online news publication in the world, althought the New York Times is still disputing this claim, but they appear to be completely ignorant of the internet itself.  Because of the illusion of anonymity that comes with being able to spew bile to potentially billions of people from behind your keyboard, what you get online is human being at their most vicious.

Throw social media into the mix, you people trying to attract the attention of celebrities 24/7 by either