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Dominion Post vs Phoenix

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about 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Footpaul wrote:
People on this forum know everything anyone, reporters included, would want to know about football!


Hey Footpaul - is that chocolate on your nose?

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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about 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
ForteanTimes wrote:
Footpaul wrote:
In fairness to the reporter, he didn't write the headline. It may well have been someone who didn't see the match and took grabbed the one line and went with it, I don't know.

Putting aside my Herald hat, it seems all media have a few more Nix stories at the moment. It's probably because it's the rugby and league off-season, but I'm enjoying having so many good football stories to read from everybody (but of course mainly from the Herald).


Yeah it's the sub-editors that write the headlines if it's not a major story. They're usually newbs and fairly clueless from what I've been told by a couple of people I used to know who worked for various papers,


Not necessarily. As far as I'm aware they are mainly ex-reporters with years of experience, although they may still sub stories about subjects they know little about. But others have little background in reporting. It probably differs between newsrooms.
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