Comments on: Is the media beyond parody? AOL reports spoof as news http://robinbrown.co.uk/2010/07/is-the-media-beyond-parody-aol-reports-spoof-as-news/ The blog of Robin Brown - journalist, digital editor, dour Northerner Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:14:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LIFE IMITATES ART: How a spoof became ‘real news’ | Sound Communication http://robinbrown.co.uk/2010/07/is-the-media-beyond-parody-aol-reports-spoof-as-news/comment-page-1/#comment-7031 LIFE IMITATES ART: How a spoof became ‘real news’ | Sound Communication Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:39:29 +0000 http://robinbrown.co.uk/?p=695#comment-7031 [...] Meanwhile congratulations to Robin Brown who has spread the news on Twitter and written his own take on the extraordinary state of affairs: Is the media beyond parody? Aol reports spoof as news [...] [...] Meanwhile congratulations to Robin Brown who has spread the news on Twitter and written his own take on the extraordinary state of affairs: Is the media beyond parody? Aol reports spoof as news [...]

]]> By: Embarassment as AOL breathlessly swallows spoof Raoul Moat report whole | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog http://robinbrown.co.uk/2010/07/is-the-media-beyond-parody-aol-reports-spoof-as-news/comment-page-1/#comment-2273 Embarassment as AOL breathlessly swallows spoof Raoul Moat report whole | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:59:16 +0000 http://robinbrown.co.uk/?p=695#comment-2273 [...] Robin Brown, who wrote the satirical piece for The News Grind, sums it up: A mistake anyone could have made? Perhaps, in these days of rolling news and slapping on content and the rush to be first with a report – the news grind, if you will. [...] [...] Robin Brown, who wrote the satirical piece for The News Grind, sums it up: A mistake anyone could have made? Perhaps, in these days of rolling news and slapping on content and the rush to be first with a report – the news grind, if you will. [...]

]]> By: ray http://robinbrown.co.uk/2010/07/is-the-media-beyond-parody-aol-reports-spoof-as-news/comment-page-1/#comment-2264 ray Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:36:07 +0000 http://robinbrown.co.uk/?p=695#comment-2264 So really, all you need to be able to do to be a "real" journalist is understand how copy/paste works, then. Obviously brains are a drawback and could damage a budding journo's career. Great article on The News Grind, crap article on AOL. So really, all you need to be able to do to be a “real” journalist is understand how copy/paste works, then. Obviously brains are a drawback and could damage a budding journo’s career.

Great article on The News Grind, crap article on AOL.

]]> By: Lee, The News Grind http://robinbrown.co.uk/2010/07/is-the-media-beyond-parody-aol-reports-spoof-as-news/comment-page-1/#comment-2259 Lee, The News Grind Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:35:17 +0000 http://robinbrown.co.uk/?p=695#comment-2259 Actually worrying stuff in a way. Our best defence against libel is that we pedal obvious satire. Still reckon we're on safe ground. And thank goodness we don't have to be American-proof. Actually worrying stuff in a way. Our best defence against libel is that we pedal obvious satire. Still reckon we’re on safe ground. And thank goodness we don’t have to be American-proof.

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