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Re: Grey Cardigan: extract from the April column

greycardigan — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:20:36 -0000

Of course. An idiot's, spellcheck-assisted, mistake.

Re: New Johnston Press subbing hub could see 20 jobs go in North West

greycardigan — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:44:10 -0000

Not to worry. All that web revenue from the paywalls will save them.

Oh...

Re: BNP: should they be allowed to advertise?

greycardigan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:58:01 -0000

We live in a democracy. You have to allow them to advertise, if only in the hope that the oxygen of publicity exposes their racist policies.

Does anyone think that Nick Griffin came out of his Question Time appearance with his reputation enhanced? Of course not. The public are not fools. The more publicity the BNP gets, the quicker the scales fall from the eyes of those who might have been persuaded to vote for them.

Re: What words and phrases would you like to ban?

greycardigan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:32:03 -0000

"Rushed to hospital..." does my head in.

It would be more of a story if a dying patient was driven very slowly.

Re: What words and phrases would you like to ban?

greycardigan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:30:02 -0000

Sorry, but you're completely wrong.

'The size of Wales' is a traditional newspaper measurement and should be treasured as such, as I shall explain in my April column.

Re: Grey Cardigan: Test your subbing skills

greycardigan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:52:39 -0000

It's the 'new' journalism.

Re: Grey Cardigan: Test your subbing skills

greycardigan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:28:33 -0000

Much of it has since been corrected, but the piss-poor heading remains.

Re: Grey Cardigan: The bullying editors

greycardigan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:50:45 -0000

That's because we all need a sub.

Re: Ray Gosling arrested on suspicion of murder - Press Gazette

greycardigan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:14:25 -0000

Murdering who, exactly?

Not only is there no body, but there's no name and no complaint.

A complete waste of time and resources.

Re: Mandelson ruling saves independence of Notts Post - Press Gazette

greycardigan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:29:43 -0000

Yes, but an 'independent' board isn't going to make a blind bit of difference if the cuts are deemed necessary by the bean-counters at Northcliffe.

Re: John Terry News of the World injunction lifted - Press Gazette

greycardigan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:20:28 -0000

It has, yes.

The shame is that the NOTW has now lost its exclusive. Everyone else will now pile in in the morning.

Re: Framley Examiner brings out new issue

greycardigan — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:38:14 -0000

Carole. Where are you based?

Re: Grey Cardigan: January column

greycardigan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:17:22 -0000

It was a joke, you dunderhead.

Re: Mirror to bring back spot the ball and football pools

greycardigan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:14:50 -0000

I hope they're not going to let Professor Greenslade judge it.

Re: PCC raps Bristol Evening Post for intruding on funeral - Press Gazette

greycardigan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:19:41 -0000

What an extraordinary adjudication. I can't see anything wrong with the Evening Post's behaviour. It was bog standard newsroom practice, surely?

Re: Time to eat humble pie

greycardigan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:54:55 -0000

You're quite right. Apologies.

We all need subs ...

Re: The internet does the funniest things

greycardigan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:12:32 -0000

No, it was just the easier fix.

I'm quite content to kick each and every one of them.

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Re: The internet does the funniest things

greycardigan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:31:16 -0000

Not at all. I'll put the boot into any of them after what the greedy bastards have done to our industry.

Re: The internet does the funniest things

greycardigan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:21:59 -0000

Much obliged. Now corrected.

Re: Grey Cardigan: October column

greycardigan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:12:57 -0000

From Holdthefrontpage:

The election for editor of the National Union of Journalists' magazine turned bitter today with one of the candidates accused of being part of a hard-left plot to take over the union.

Freelance journalist Mark Watts circulated an email to 19,000 NUJ members naming rival candidate Richard Simcox as a member of a faction calling itself "NUJ Left."

Mr Watts claimed the faction was using the election for editor of Journalist magazine as part of a bid to take control of the union's ruling national executive.

Re: Grey Cardigan: October column

greycardigan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:09:31 -0000

From Jon Slattery's blog: An emergency motion was passed at the 1986 NUJ ADM stating that the union should send a “telegram of condolence “ to Gaddafi the day after Libya was bombed by US planes based in Britain. The story went out on PA and caused a storm in the national press and within the union. It led to 96 NUJ members resigning – including Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie. Not sure if a telegram was ever sent but the damage was done.

Re: Grey Cardigan: October column

greycardigan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:10:24 -0000

OK you Trots, so here’s what you should be doing instead of whining around the braziers or plotting a pointless sit-in.

Whenever a well-established, financially-viable newspaper is closed down by the panicking corporate suits – and Long Eaton springs to mind - you need to get in there with a sensible business plan based on sensible costs and a sensible margin. Rally the local businesses; seek out local investors with a few bob to spend (every town has them, even in these difficult times); lean on the local council and the regional quangos; put together a local management team backed up by national expertise (you do still know how to do journalism, don’t you?).

The NUJ should create a template for a sensible and viable newspaper business that could be applied wherever the need or opportunity arises. We should be snatching these ‘doomed’ titles back from the greedy bastards who don’t understand or care about our craft and its importance to the community. Fuck them – if they don’t want them, we’ll have them.

Of course, if that’s too challenging, you could always just write another condolence note to Colonel Gaddafi…

Re: Daily Mail goes into overdrive: ‘One gay man, two lesbians, a three-legged cat and a poisoned curry plot’

greycardigan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:05:54 -0000

'Girlfriend in a Korma' would do nicely for a heading.

Re: Community service

greycardigan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:18:09 -0000

Actually, there were several women present, but I just like annoying idiots like you.

Re: Free single malt whisky for sub-editors: Yes, really….

greycardigan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:29:14 -0000

If an online heading wins, I'll show my arse in Woolworths' window.

SEO sucks the life out of anything that's not a label.