Tabloid hacks or, how not to write an article
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Tabloid hacks or, how not to write an article
What a ridiculous woman. Not only has she managed to sensationalize JI's interview with The Independent that I mentioned previously, but she's taken his remarks completely out of context ...
"Jason Isaacs thinks acting is "silly." The "Harry Potter" actor - who plays Lucius Malfoy in the movie adaptations of J. K. Rowling's popular books - has blasted his profession, branding it a "ridiculous" way to earn money."
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7014741893
"Jason Isaacs thinks acting is "silly." The "Harry Potter" actor - who plays Lucius Malfoy in the movie adaptations of J. K. Rowling's popular books - has blasted his profession, branding it a "ridiculous" way to earn money."
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7014741893
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Gillian, I thought your link read "http://www.AIRHEADlinenews.com/"!!
Now I think maybe it should . . .
This "article" was simply a sloppy pastiche of previous quotes.
Here's another interesting link about the source: "AHN calls itself a `news service,'" the lawsuit said. "However, on information and belief, AHN has no reporters and is simply a vehicle for copying news reports and misappropriating news gathered and reported by real news services such as AP." http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp ... 1003696651 Sounds about right to me.
Man, I want to get my writing from an organization that declares, "In short, our core competency is to generate and syndicate dynamic news content and information to our customers in an easy to use [sic] format."
Now I think maybe it should . . .
This "article" was simply a sloppy pastiche of previous quotes.
Here's another interesting link about the source: "AHN calls itself a `news service,'" the lawsuit said. "However, on information and belief, AHN has no reporters and is simply a vehicle for copying news reports and misappropriating news gathered and reported by real news services such as AP." http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp ... 1003696651 Sounds about right to me.
Man, I want to get my writing from an organization that declares, "In short, our core competency is to generate and syndicate dynamic news content and information to our customers in an easy to use [sic] format."
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I think it's more deliberate than that. Google the name "Anne Lu celebrity news service" to see what I mean.This "article" was simply a sloppy pastiche of previous quotes.
BTW, I was also mystified by the word BANG in the credits, so I did a little hunting. AHN is partnered with Bang Media International (Bang Showbiz - a UK entertainment news agency) to help address "customer requests for expanded celebrity and entertainment oriented content,”. According to PR Web, this "allows All Headline News to offer any customer, whatever its purpose, objective or style, the digital material and content it needs."
Yeah.
And not just to one-off or or two-bit celebrity gossip sites, either. There's The Insider, The Hugginton Post, Bostom.com, Yahoo News (and oh, guess what just turned up?).
That of course, gets picked up by other sites. And so on and so on ...
Honestly, it's the kind of "journalism" one aspires to if you were reporting on Bat Boy for the Weekly World News.