Tag Archives: theage

When Is The Age Not The Age?

When is The Age, not actually The Age? Apparently, when you hit the paywall limit of 30 free articles a month. Observe: Start on “The Age”. Click an article. Hit the paywall warning. Close the paywall warning. End up on the Sydney Morning Herald page. Hmmm.

Shabby Inline Adverstising In Fairfax RSS Feeds

Over the last couple of weeks I came to conclusion that both my work computer and home desktop computer had somehow managed to become infected with a virus. This was something of a surprise, given the security techniques in place in both my home network, and the corporate network – but as always, I keep […]

Live From Just A Moment Ago

I got something of a giggle out of this sequence of stories coming out of the RSS feed of Melbourne’s The Age newspaper: Firstly, Mike Hussey retires from test cricket with a victory – (twice, mind you) – circled in green, followed by continuing live commentary of the cricket, circled in red – (remember of […]

Newspaper Fail: Burghers and Frhies

No, the title of this post is not a spelling mistake – well, sort of. Just snapped this image from the front page of The Age newspaper website: Burghers? Sub-editing fail. But do they want frhies with their burgher?

Link Baiting At Its Worst (Best?)

Keen to get a boost from the popularity of the Australian version of the singing contest, The Voice – on which British performer Seal is a judge, The Age came up with this headline for a story: Of course, when you click on that link, you get: Lost Seal Slips Into Town In Fishy Tale […]

And The Media Think Journalism Is Doing Okay?

In September last year, the Australian Federal Government announced its Independent Media Inquiry, appointing former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, Ray Finkelstein QC to carry out the review. The results of the inquiry were reported recently, and have been controversial to say the least. While the review was not designed to address the […]

Oops – Released The Wrong Article?

Just spotted this giggle-worthy stuff up on The Age website: An old version of an article that wasn’t meant to be used perhaps? Funny.

When The Same Thing Has Two Meanings

In reading about today’s sentencing of the complete dimwit who accepted the keys to a Ferrari F430 Spider – (that was not his) – from a valet parking attendant from Melbourne’s Crown Casino in May this year, I found an interesting comparison between the two major newspaper outlets in Melbourne. From this article from The […]