Drew Magary: The Atlantic group chat article is journalistic malpractice

#journalism #TheAtlantic #JeffreyGoldberg #badjournalism
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/atlantic-article-journalistic-malpractice-20240068.php

As per usual with these let's go whining to the press stories, it's an invoice not a 'fine'.

Only courts issue fines.

#BadJournalism #clickbait

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/couple-fined-100-leaving-car-9658695

One has to reach the photo after paragraph 4 before one comes across the fact that Simon is 'supermarket boss' [sic] of Sainsbury's.

That information should have been in the first two sentences.

#BadJournalism

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/working-from-home-big-weekly-shop-sainsburys-simon-roberts-b2715856.html

"Naturalist Ed Drewitt provides small groups a mini safari of the wildlife on offer within that zone, where you can catch sight of Pine Martens, Wild Boar and Deers."

Deers?

Someone was asleep in class when non-standard English plurals were being taught?

Also note superfluous capitalisation. 🤦‍♂️

#BadJournalism

https://www.bristol247.com/lifestyle/travel/48-hours-in-the-forest-of-dean/

https://omny.fm/shows/please-explain-1/stupid-and-white-what-s-happening-in-the-sam-kerr

OMFZ. A rolled gold living breathing premier sample of irresponsible incompetent churnalism. Despicable.

Not one mention, let alone actual discussion, of THE salient fact. Racial discrimination laws are a one-way street, to protect "minority classes" [in a power / political sense only] from abuse from a "majority class". They are NOT intended to merely be a further weapon for the majority to wield against the minority.

SK is [at least in some eyes] non-white, whereas the cop is white. Had this cop racially taunted / insulted SK, she could legitimately seek legal redress via racial vilification law. But that's not how it was, it was flipped. SK insulted him. She can be legitimately charged for drunk & disorderly, possibly also for wilful damage [albeit even that has nuance in this case], but she cannot be charged with racially vilifying a white person. This idiot churnalism covered NONE of that, instead only prurient & irrelevant shit. Pathetic.

#SamKerr #RacialVilification #BadJournalism

"The Government confirmed on Monday (January 20) that the H5N1 strain of the disease had been detected at a premises near Wem."

Premises is a plural noun, so the indefinite article denotes the author's lack of literacy.

#BadJournalism

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2025/01/21/bird-flu-case-confirmed-in-shropshire-with-3km-protection-zone-declared/

Synchronicity pr #BadJournalism

"Some Deluxe Sriracha Cheddar Cheese Wedges, sold in branches of the budget supermarket in Northern Ireland, were found to contain a dangerous bacteria [sic] called Listeria monocytogenes.

^Bacterium, oh illiterate one!

#BadJournalism

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lidl-cheese-bacteria-warning-ireland-listeria-b2682190.html

The BBC World Service news report I was listening to last night clearly stated Trump had a felony conviction.

I think you'll find the count is 34, Auntie.

#BadJournalism

Ever heard of hyperbole, Tales Online?

#BadJournalism #Cymru

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/huge-fish-faster-porsche-washes-30712768

"Reform UK could do well in the election, after the party’s popularity surged in recent months."

Anyone would think the press was encouraging the 🐸 fan club...

And the election is *still* 5 months away.

#BadJournalism

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/voters-greater-bristol-region-head-9814483

A pedant writes.

No corpse would have been found *before* the death...

#BadJournalism

*Parthenon* marbles, Telegraph!

#BadJournalism

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/28/starmer-must-return-elgin-marbles-for-brussels-reset/

"Octopus is a fairly common fish in Barcelona,.."

An octopus is a cephalopod, not a fish. 🤦‍♂️

#BadJournalism

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/new-clifton-restaurant-serves-fish-9807387

Another 'journalist' who can't do basic English verb conjugation. 🤦‍♂️

"Net fishing using lightweight coracle boats were [sic] recorded around the time of the Roman invasion of Britain..."

#BadJournalism

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2000-year-tradition-north-wales-30612373

The headline writer has never heard of a transcript.

#BadJournalism

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/every-word-said-judge-sentence-9800511

While no-one was looking, #Machynlleth moved several tens of kilometres to the north from mid Wales.

#Cymru #BadJournalism

The 'key cycle route' is named twice in this piece - once correctly in the copy, the other time incorrectly in the photo caption.

It's not the Bristol TO Bath Railway Path; travel is permitted in both directions.

#BadJournalism #Bristol #Bath #SouthGloucs

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/key-cycle-route-bristol-set-9788257

How many more 'prettiest' villages in England one hour from #Bristol is my dire local rag going to find?

#clickbait #BadJournalism

Not 'overlooked' at all by those who know their local history....

The piece also contains an absolute howler: "Castle Park was once full of houses but was destroyed during World War II."

Castle Park did not exist in WW2; the streets around Castle *Street* were the city's main shopping area.

#Bristol #BadJournalism

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/overlooked-bristol-monument-commemorates-city-9791369

The Dug Out logo shown in this piece belonged to a night club in #Bristol city centre that closed in the early 1980s, not a youth club in Barton Hill that opened in the same decade.

#BadJournalism

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/campaign-save-community-building-home-9787386

"A five per cent hike in fees next April was approved by councillors on the economy and skills policy committee on Monday, December 9. They also voted to consult the public on introducing a new turnover model, charging food traders around 15 per cent of their income."

What right does #Bristol City Council have to demand anything but its rent?

Cheeky buggers!

PS: other adjectives are available besides the i-word in the headline.

#BadJournalism

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/fears-fee-hike-iconic-bristol-9780414

When it comes to magnitude, huge is the adjective of choice at the Temple Way Ministry of Truth in #Bristol.

That, or massive.

PS: the school is also in S. Gloucs., not Bristol.

#BadJournalism

From our UK equals England correspondent.

"The clampdown covered locations across the UK, including London, Cheshire, Kent, Sussex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the East and West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Northumbria, and North Yorkshire."

#BadJournalism

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/fully-loaded-firestick-pre-christmas-9764241

"The facts of the case remain contested."

No, Mr Malik; Pearson lied, unless Plod's been doctoring body camera footage (NB: this is slightly more difficult than collusion over constables' notebooks).

Pearson is also very good at playing the victim.

#BadJournalism

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/24/allison-pearson-right-to-be-obnoxious

Bacterium, not bacteria.

#BadJournalism

https://metro.co.uk/2024/11/19/bacteria-causes-food-poisoning-fight-bowel-cancer-22015827/

There used to be a phrase for '[E]mbers and flames' seen coming from chimney pot - chimney fire.

#BadJournalism

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2024/11/19/firefighters-scrambled-to-house-after-embers-and-flames-seen-coming-from-chimney-pot/

"The singer-songwriter, 79, has previously picked up a shovel to fill the crevasses [sic] along his damaged road near Harlow in Essex."

Does Essex have glaciers?

#BadJournalism

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rod-stewart-potholes-sports-cars-b2647298.html

There are some real non-sequiturs and sweeping statements in this piece.

For example.

"Planned bus lanes and gates will increase capacity and, ultimately, lower congestion will mean fewer buses cancelled in the event of heavy rain."

Do bus lanes and gates reduce rainfall?

#BadJournalism

https://www.bristol247.com/climate/news-climate/future-proofing-travel/

"The 19th Costa coffee shop in North Wales is due to open months later than billed. The chain took on a premise [sic] in Flint in June with plans to open it in the autumn but a date has yet to be set."

#BadJournalism

Independent coffee shops are already available.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wait-goes-new-costa-flintshire-30365346

It's a disaster.

Call out the army.

There's a national dip shortage.

#Clickbait #BadJournalism

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/waitrose-sainburys-ms-tesco-run-9711060

"Historically, money raised from selling off council houses has not gone far towards building new ones - new ones desperately needed, considering about 1.3 million people are on waiting lists for them in England."

You need to check your facts, BBC.

The Tory government specifically prohibited councils from re-investing proceeds from right to buy sales in building new housing stock.

#BadJournalism

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7m216p60xo

A pedant writes: how to mistake a semi-colon for a comma.

"In addition to allowing residents of Mid Wales to commute to Llanelli, Swansea, Hereford and Shrewsbury; the line is also considered vital for the local tourism industry serving as a gateway to the Bannau Brycheiniog/Brecon Beacons National Park."

PS: Bannau Brycheiniog is now the only official name of the national park.

#BadJournalism

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2024/11/08/public-meeting-opposes-mid-wales-rail-cuts/

"the quiet village, which is home to just over 20,000 people..."

That's not a village; it's bigger than my home town.

#BadJournalism

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/abbots-langley-ai-data-centre-hertfordshire-b2640085.html