Major Isewater Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Once again the Post are well ahead of yesterday's news whilst trawling OTIB for scoops . 99% of what they write I've already read on here. Come on you " professional " journos give us some NEWS . Well done Bristol OTIB the real site for keeping us informed and entertained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Maybe there just isn't very much to report on, it's not like we've had many concrete rumours on here. It usually doesn't get particularly interesting until the end of June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Gregor McGregor (what a name, up there with Neville Neville imho) seems to be as bright as an eclipse. The Post was bad before, but now seems to be at an all time low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 To be fair in the past few years at least, the majority of news on there is from here anyway. Why would it change now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Major Isewater said: Once again the Post are well ahead of yesterday's news whilst trawling OTIB for scoops . What was it this time ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 "The Post" and "good journalism" are mutually incompatible. We'd get more relevant news from Health & Efficiency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antman Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 example here of the razor sharp journalism http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/loads-helicopters-were-flying-over-90638 How would we manage to understand what a helicopter looks like without that stock picture!!! (of Hong Kong harbour BTW !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 The sorry excuse for a newspaper that is the Evening Post isn't even a rag - as even a rag has its uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akira Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 30 minutes ago, Antman said: example here of the razor sharp journalism http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/loads-helicopters-were-flying-over-90638 How would we manage to understand what a helicopter looks like without that stock picture!!! (of Hong Kong harbour BTW !) My word... Didn't know whether to laugh or cry at that article. The stock picture though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivorguy Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Come back 'The World' ; all is forgiven. The Post has moved from being the paper the people of Bristol wanted, to the paper the people of Bristol don't want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 whilst on the topic of goofs/gaffes anyone note how the sunday independent spelt lineker as linekar in the headline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Antman said: example here of the razor sharp journalism http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/loads-helicopters-were-flying-over-90638 How would we manage to understand what a helicopter looks like without that stock picture!!! (of Hong Kong harbour BTW !) In that link, also incredibly amusing / ironic / hypocritical is a spokesperson from an organisation called Fresh Air being quoted as being 'excited about expanding their heliport business through a partnership with Cardiff Heliport...' He obviously doesn't realise the amount of crap pumped out by aircraft into the atmosphere...Fresh Air?! Laughable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted June 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 4 hours ago, Phileas Fogg said: Maybe there just isn't very much to report on, it's not like we've had many concrete rumours on here. It usually doesn't get particularly interesting until the end of June. " Concrete " rumours ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted June 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 3 hours ago, slartibartfast said: What was it this time ? The ' hot ' rumour of the Jamaican guy playing in the MLS and the Cian Bolger link , both rumours that I read on OTIB yesterday ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Oh come on, they did provide us with a list of popular dogging sites recently so they are fulfiling their community benefit role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Sports journalism is dying particularly for local journalists. Many newspapers, the Post included don't employ people to cover City or Rovers for that matter. Hence Stockhausen's redundancy. There's no sports editor either. Sports stories are taken from the various clubs official websites which means the reader only gets fed what the club wants. Its real shame imv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 2 hours ago, archie andrews said: whilst on the topic of goofs/gaffes anyone note how the sunday independent spelt lineker as linekar in the headline I cannot see 'Lineker' written without saying in my head 'the boy Lineacre', as Mick Channon kept calling him on tv during Mexico 86 Just now, Robbored said: Sports journalism is dying particularly for local journalists. Many newspapers, the Post included don't employ people to cover City or Rovers for that matter. Hence Stockhausen's redundancy. There's no sports editor either. Sports stories are taken from the various clubs official websites which means the reader only gets fed what the club wants. Its real shame imv. Good lord, is that fa shizzle? Their website is impossible to navigate, I wouldn't buy a paper copy.....they really don't have a lot going for them, do they? Quite shocking really. Loved reading a paper back in the day, can't remember the last time I bought one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 "A town in the west".......................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Peg Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 30 minutes ago, Robbored said: Sports journalism is dying particularly for local journalists. Many newspapers, the Post included don't employ people to cover City or Rovers for that matter. Hence Stockhausen's redundancy. There's no sports editor either. Sports stories are taken from the various clubs official websites which means the reader only gets fed what the club wants. Its real shame imv. They gave Stocky redundancy and yet took on Gee Mac Gee. Click on his reporter page and it's says Bristol City reporter for Bristol Post... http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/authors/gregor-macgregor/ Hmmmm. Same job as Stocky? Not so according to the Post... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Just now, Septic Peg said: They gave Stocky redundancy and yet took on Gee Mac Gee. Click on his reporter page and it's says Bristol City reporter for Bristol Post... http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/authors/gregor-macgregor/ Hmmmm. Same job as Stocky? Not so according to the Post... Richard Latham gave a talk at Senior Reds recently and he painted a bleak picture of the future of sports journalism. He told us about the situation at the Post. He should know, that's his line of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Peg Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Just now, Robbored said: Richard Latham gave a talk at Senior Reds recently and he painted a bleak picture of the future of sports journalism. He told us about the situation at the Post. He should know, that's his line of work. Not doubting you or Richard Latham. Just saying that the Post employs someone to cover City. Admittedly, I think it's done on a part time/pro rata basis unlike Stocky whom was full time I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted June 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 32 minutes ago, Septic Peg said: They gave Stocky redundancy and yet took on Gee Mac Gee. Click on his reporter page and it's says Bristol City reporter for Bristol Post... http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/authors/gregor-macgregor/ Hmmmm. Same job as Stocky? Not so according to the Post... Is Gregor MacGregor even a real person or just some software that hoovers up stories from OTIB to publish ? And was Peter rabbit nicking carrots from his garden ? We need answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 14 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: Is Gregor MacGregor even a real person or just some software that hoovers up stories from OTIB to publish ? And was Peter rabbit nicking carrots from his garden ? We need answers. Follow this link and there's a video of the man himself speaking! Can you imagine going for a night out with him? He hardly looks like the life and soul of the party does he? http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-news-transfer-rumours-85406 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 What I can't fathom is that in addition to Gregor McGregor (!) they also now employ both Dan Newman and a lady called Phillippa Jenkins whose sole purpose in life apparently seems to be to tell us what others (such as Flint or Tammy) are doing when they are on social media. How can getting rid of one (Stockhausen) and then employing three replacements for him make any sort of economic sense? Additionally the quality of spelling and grammar (especially by Dan Newman, who seemingly cannot ever distinguish between the correct use of "there" and "their") is absolutely terrible for people who are so say employed to "write" for a living.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 33 minutes ago, GrahamC said: What I can't fathom is that in addition to Gregor McGregor (!) they also now employ both Dan Newman and a lady called Phillippa Jenkins whose sole purpose in life apparently seems to be to tell us what others (such as Flint or Tammy) are doing when they are on social media. How can getting rid of one (Stockhausen) and then employing three replacements for him make any sort of economic sense? Additionally the quality of spelling and grammar (especially by Dan Newman, who seemingly cannot ever distinguish between the correct use of "there" and "their") is absolutely terrible for people who are so say employed to "write" for a living.. I suspect that Stocky was on a decent wedge and these are kids straight out of college or interns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 4 hours ago, Robbored said: Sports journalism is dying particularly for local journalists. Many newspapers, the Post included don't employ people to cover City or Rovers for that matter. Hence Stockhausen's redundancy. There's no sports editor either. Sports stories are taken from the various clubs official websites which means the reader only gets fed what the club wants. Its real shame imv. It seems to be non-local now. Back inside pages filled with national sport ! Never had that back in the day. It's more like a freebie morning national now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Red Hat Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Hopefully, at some point in the not too distant future, The Post will manage to crack journalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 12 hours ago, Red Right Hand said: I suspect that Stocky was on a decent wedge and these are kids straight out of college or interns. Which seems to be the business model these days for all local press. They want space fillers rather than journalists. This is why the national press lifts threads directly out of mumsnet: it takes ten minutes to fill a quarter of a page and anyone can do it without leaving their desk. It's not about increasing profits rather it's the only way to cope with vastly reduced revenue in the internet age. I actually read a story which comprised some intern going for a pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_s Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 Wouldn't wipe my arse with EP. Written by idiots for idiots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 28 minutes ago, Rich_s said: Wouldn't wipe my arse with EP. Written by idiots for idiots It has never been great but has hit an all time low. Although I partially agree with @Robbored about the overall standard of journalism, there are still some good articles elsewhere in the press. Also, there are some journalists using the new media to bring good content. If you haven't listened to the Colin Murray podcast At Home for example, give it a go. It shows that sports stars are often misrepresented because of the terrible questions they are asked. His Interviews with Ian Wright, Michael Carrick and Asmir Begovic in particular, are really inciteful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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