Posts Tagged ‘tabloid journalism’

Jared Savage still trying for more inches

Written By: - Date published: 1:23 pm, July 4th, 2014 - 12 comments

I realise that journalists have to show some column inches sometimes to justify their existence on the payroll. However the “Investigations editor” Jared Savage at the the NZ Herald appears to be overdoing that. The latest is Jared’s attempt to puff up three routine immigration letters in 2005. He really must be desperate for those extra inches. There doesn’t appear to be anything about it that holds much public interest apart from a simple desire to smear. Hardly journalism.

 

Tabloid news

Written By: - Date published: 9:27 am, July 10th, 2012 - 29 comments

I know I wrote on this just yesterday, but I can’t help going on about it again.  Here’s the front page of The Herald online last night…

A well-earned punishment

Written By: - Date published: 9:30 am, June 18th, 2010 - 44 comments

Speaker Lockwood Smith has removed 22 free carparks at Parliament from TV One and TV3 as punishment for their disgraceful behaviour in chasing Chris Carter around the House the other day. Good. There are a few, non-onerous, rules about where and when the media can go and take its cameras. They completely ignored those rules for the sake of tabloid journalism.

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