Comments on: Killings and videos and Google ads

By: James

James — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:19:04 +0000

I have noticed that a few times recently… RTE also tend to show up several times in my feedreader with slightly different versions of the same post. I don’t know why it shows up as a new entry, but I get to see all the changes they make, for example

“Fire fighters in Co Galway are dealing with a series of up to 20 bog and forest fires in the South and East fo the county.”

becomes

Fire fighters in Co Galway are dealing with a series of up to 20 bog and forest fires in the south and east of the county.

Perhaps they’ve got some new staff who haven’t got the hang of that whole proof-reading thing yet.

By: Damien

Damien — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:54:01 +0000

James, it is the right word but I think it was just some hack showing off and it was the first time ths word was used in all the RTE coverage. It does seem part of some ongoing odd editorial decisions as noted here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055081152

By: James

James — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:18:01 +0000

I don’t see the problem with using the word ’sororicide’ in the news headline – it’s not like they’re making a pun or anything. Sororicide is the correct word – nobody bats an eyelid when they talk about patricide or matricide. I see that RTE have changed the headline though.

By: dahamsta

dahamsta — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:20:00 +0000

Agree with you 100% on this Damien, that demented asshole was plainly looking for attention, and the media’s gross inability to stop themselves feeding on it is more responsible for these losers than any video game that other demented asshole Jack Thomson would like to throw in people’s faces.

By: Liam Daly

Liam Daly — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:49:49 +0000

Next time it won’t matter what the MSM thinks about such videos – what was to have stopped this murderer from uploading videos himself?

When attention is one of the factors involved in such murder cases, why are we so afraid of limiting that freedom? We protect victims of sex-crimes (sometimes) – so why can’t we protect victims and potential future victims of killers who have manifestos?

Even the publishing of the Unabombers’ mad diatribe was only done to catch him. A society with no controls whatsoever on freedoms isn’t exactly a civilisation