Monday 8 February 2010

Give Bruce a Chance

While the online headline is a bit tamer (and more accurate) the hard copy headline for this story in today's Bulletin is just plain over-the-top.

"Highway Claims Life" screams the sub-editor’s headline from which you’d assume that the condition of the much maligned Bruce was responsible for the tragic death of a woman in a roll-over near Emu Creek, south of Bowen, on Saturday.

Of course, read on and you discover that ''Police investigations will continue until such time as we've ascertained the cause of this very sad incident.''

So at this stage Bruce is innocent until proven guilty!

But then, Bruce bashing along with Hospital hysteria is a favourite sport for press looking for a story on a quiet day – especially in an election year

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

If you knew anything about journalism you would know that: ''Police investigations will continue until such time as we've ascertained the cause of this very sad incident.'' Is a throwaway line from authorities while the notify family.

But I guess you know nothing about journalism so stop trying to be important with your own personal take on everything newsworthy you fool.

Get a life.

Island View said...

Ooo - looks like at least those at the Bully are reading the blog!!

Of course, the accident may have been a result of fatigue, alcohol, reckless driving or any number of other things. Or it could actually have been Bruce's fault.

I guess we'll have to wait until the coppers actually ascertain the cause (as should have the Bully)

Anonymous said...

Looks like the powers that be at the Bulletin are getting twitchy over criticsm from readers looking for a more balanced view in our local print media. Even the language in the posting itself gives us an insight into the culture of the publication - "Bully by name, Bully by nature".