20 things that news.com.au thinks are epic
Dr Mumbo loves news.com.au like he would that special member of the family who’s not quite like their brothers and sisters. They may not see the world like a normal person, but they’re lovable just the same.
In news.com.au’s case this tends to come in the form of obsessions. Such as epic things. Preferably epic things stolen from Reddit.
So allow Dr Mumbo to run down some of the things that news.com.au thinks are epic.
1. Break up letters.
2. People on Twitter.
3. Notes
4. Tantrums
5. Phone calls.
6. Resignations
7. Pranks
8. Complaints
9. Fights
10. Baggage
11. Muse
12. Parties
13. Chinese people
14. Blunders
15. Gas explosions
16. Kayaking
17. Randy Jackson
18. Walking
19. Box office disasters
20. Botox
Never change, news.com.au. Never change.
this is EPIC
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What has been seen cannot be unseen.
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I’m posting this to reddit now…
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It’s as though the “headlines” were written by a 17yo. In 1997.
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LSSU publishes every year a list of banished words. “Epic” was on the 2011 list, which means to say that News is uncool and grody.
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/archive/2011.php
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The next list should be, ‘news.com.au’s use of the word ‘slammed”
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“No time to explain – quick, lets editorialise the headline!!!”
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reading comprehension epic fail. Go back to year three, try again.
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Addendum: “George Clooney’s EPIC prank on Matt Damon … it’s pretty epic.”
https://twitter.com/newscomauHQ/status/423642705286021120
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If only they reported actual news with such fervour
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Good SEO or epic editing?
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What – no links to stories, Mumbrella??? Epic fail
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I thought that news.com.au editorial policy was that all news had to be at the intellectual level of a below average 12 year old or Tony Abbott / Cory Bernardi supporter.
As such, this article is not out of the ordinary for this type of ‘publication’.
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With its ‘hard-core journalist’ reporting news.com.au is one small step away from becoming the Australian version of that much beloved US National Enquirer. Either that it’s attempting to become a modern digital version of Mad magazine.
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Couldn’t agree more. They pay their journo’s to surf the internet for trashy “epic” stories. The site actually insults us – is this what he public want? Glorified tabloid.
Our thoughts: http://www.thebelltowertimes.c.....ctive.html
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The next list should detail news.com.au headline typos … I quite like to screen-shot those.
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