Tag Archives: fail

Newspaper Fail: Burghers and Frhies

No, the title of this post is not a spelling mistake – well, sort of. Just snapped this image from the front page of The Age newspaper website: Burghers? Sub-editing fail. But do they want frhies with their burgher?

Taking News Limited Seriously?

Bill Shorten has copped a bit today – (rightly or wrongly) – about what has already become known as “PieGate”, where an alleged confrontation occurred in a shop over the availability of a meat pie. I wasn’t there, I don’t know what happened. But should a major news outlet – (News Limited) – be declaring […]

Wet Behind The Ears?

Was just mildly amused by the sequence of events described on the front page of the Ballarat Courier website, in regards to some wild weather interrupting the Australian Masters Rowing Championship on Lake Wendouree. At 8:35am, racing on the second day of the event had been cancelled – (as circled in red) – yet at […]

Link Baiting At Its Worst (Best?)

Keen to get a boost from the popularity of the Australian version of the singing contest, The Voice – on which British performer Seal is a judge, The Age came up with this headline for a story: Of course, when you click on that link, you get: Lost Seal Slips Into Town In Fishy Tale […]

Another Channel Ten F1 Fail

Hot on the heels of Network Ten’s latest shafting of Australian Formula One fans, comes another F1 fail from the network. Here’s a screen capture of the EPG for tonight’s coverage of the Bahrain Grand Prix: …which reads: “At the 2012 Formula One, fans will get to see all of the action, excitement and drama […]

Herald Sun Too Weak To Admit Screw Up

Much hilarity ensued tonight when the Herald Sun apparently “inadvertently” revealed the winner of the Gold Logie award. At 11:40pm, they released a statement: Technical Glitch Reveals Winner “At no time did the Herald Sun publish the name of the winner on its website, iPad app or in Twitter.” Oh really? What about this screen […]

Woolworths Meat Fail

I stumbled across this packet of “Australian Beef Spare Ribs” at Woolworths last night – (click image for larger view): Looks like t-bone steak to me – no? Oops.

Dear Websites: Don’t Do This!

I really hate it when websites do this: Click to enlarge? Oh really? That’s SOOOOO much bigger for me! And what is that touching the screen? A finger? A carrot? A piece of male reproductive anatomy? Seriously. Don’t do this shit.

Traffic Management Fail

I just took this photograph at the intersection of Collins and Spencer Streets in central Melbourne, illustrating the size of the crowd waiting to board trams to travel to Albert Park and the Australian Formula One Grand Prix. It’s a popular event, but surely someone could have organised some more appropriate traffic management so that […]

And The Media Think Journalism Is Doing Okay?

In September last year, the Australian Federal Government announced its Independent Media Inquiry, appointing former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, Ray Finkelstein QC to carry out the review. The results of the inquiry were reported recently, and have been controversial to say the least. While the review was not designed to address the […]