More sensationalist journalism

[Ricebandit]

http://ride.asiaone.com/features/opinion/story/woman-driver-holds-traffic-then-shouts-biker-telling-her-hurry

 

Sometimes I wonder how this sort of drivel even makes the news.. must be nothing else happening in SG other than LKY's birthday..

[achtungku]

Singaporeans aint compassionate and are impatient.

[Odessus]

Don't think it's fair to comment if we're not present and know the entire situation or circumstance. Could be the lady driver being an ass or impatient people behind her... It's a busy service road and queue builds up relatively fast due to the double parking and small lanes...

[daffy]

many singaporeans like stereotyping.

"I KNOW YOU DRIVE A MERC LA"....how sad....it is always the driver, not the car.

[SLKtigress]

haha..I think stereotyping is not just a Singaporean thing, it's more like human nature.

it's a fundamental attribution error - people tend to link behavior with the person, rather than consider the context of what could have caused such a behavior.

 

see ah.. if it's, say, a chery QQ that held up the traffic, people will think :drive QQ still want to be so yaya.

if it's a lamborghini, people will think: wa drive lambo means can act so ya ya meh.

 

and the headline itself...why is the emphasis on 'woman driver'? 'Driver holds up traffic' would have sufficed. Man or woman, such incidents happen all the time..

 

anyways, i think the standard of local journalism has declined down through the years...

[MarkCWQ]

The agencies don't bother, they'll put whatever headline and write the content in a way to attract the most readers. Point proven. Here we are discussing about it, which proves their journalism style "works" in a way. No such thing as bad press? Just good sense in marketing, as long as it attracts readers, and brings in advertising profits. In today's world, its all about the money!

[daffy]

yup....just like......him....remember?

 

[MarkCWQ]

yup....just like......him....remember?

Precisely! Whatever sells!

[Old-MAN]

Straits Time et al....are lowering themselves to Tabloid level....sigh...

[SLKtigress]

Haha.. I guess the actual hardcopy of ST is not too bad. It's secondary journalism, ie online media that's not really there in terms of quality reporting...anything and everything is news...especially with the explosion of social media/platforms.

[Odessus]

Not sure if headlines are edited for Stomp... Anyone knows?

[Old-MAN]

Not sure if headlines are edited for Stomp... Anyone knows?

 

Not sure, but 1 thing I am sure....their spelling and grammer suck big time.....

[Ricebandit]

Not sure, but 1 thing I am sure....their spelling and grammer suck big time.....

*Grammar    haha sorry man couldn't resist

 

but back on topic.. I know a newspapers main job is to sell newspapers first and maybe tell the news second, but I kind of expect a person who writes for a living to maintain some sort of professional ethic with regards to content and construct. But then again maybe that's expecting too much?

 

I suppose "Car temporarily holds up traffic on Serangoon Road" doesn't have quite the same impact!