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 Post subject: Benchmarks of Excellence
PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:48 am 
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The universally admirable Zelo Street blog has a piece on standards at the Express, where we all know Dirty Desmond's cost-cutting has led to overworked (odd concept, but true) journalists, direct to press submission and lack of sub-editors. This has led to this piece of fine journalism by the 'ranting pundit' Leo McKinstry:

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“In the inverted Iain Duncan Smith, who has welfare universe of today those devoted most of his recent who often receive the most career fighting for real social have contributed the least to justice, the Government wants society, whether they be to restrict entitlements, impose migrant freeloaders or feckless limits on handouts, make work teenage mothers. Thanks to pay and reduce the benefits bill. indiscriminate payouts the all too predictably these work ethic has been grievously changes have provoked undermined. Incredibly, even hysterical opposition. In a during the boom years of the climate of emotional blackmail last decade, there were more the coalition has been accused than five million people of of callousness, brutality, even working age living on benefits, racism. Labour shadow minister Liam Byrne claimed that was once known as “the benefits crossed “the basic line of British decency”.


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http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/297 ... ts-madness


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 Post subject: Re: Benchmarks of Excellence
PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:19 am 
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I sometimes partake in a game wherein you put a passage (the more technical or slang orientated the better) through Google translator, from English to French, to Spanish, to Hungarian, back to French and so on, before a final translation back into English. The other players then have to guess which famous book, person or piece of machinery we're on about. Looks like Leo's doing the same - and getting paid for it. Bastard.

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 Post subject: Re: Benchmarks of Excellence
PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:05 am 
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It's almost like the words are all there, just not in any particular order


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 Post subject: Re: Benchmarks of Excellence
PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:07 am 
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 Post subject: Re: Benchmarks of Excellence
PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:15 am 
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“In the inverted welfare universe of today those who often receive the most have contributed the least to society, whether they be migrant freeloaders or feckless teenage mothers. Thanks to indiscriminate payouts the work ethic has been grievously undermined. Incredibly, even In the boom years of the last decade, there were more than five million people of working age living on benefits, .”.

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Iain Duncan Smith, who has devoted most of his recent career fighting for real social justice, the Government wants to restrict entitlements, impose limits on handouts, make work pay and reduce the benefits bill. all too predictably these changes have provoked hysterical opposition. during a climate of emotional blackmail the coalition has been accused of callousness, brutality, even racism. Labour shadow minister Liam Byrne claimed that [?] was once known as “the benefits [?] crossed “the basic line of British decency"


Looks like two paragraphs have somehow been merged. The first one makes sense (sort of) but I can't do a lot with the second.


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 Post subject: Re: Benchmarks of Excellence
PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:02 pm 
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It's like one of those wonderful spam posts we used to get on here, offering cheap Crocks or excellent deal on BOSE headphone discount.

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 Post subject: Re: Benchmarks of Excellence
PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:39 am 
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Both Zelo Street and me have highlighted the latest Express website typo:

GERMANY MAY HAVE FILMED FRENCH SCHOOL SLAUGHTER


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 Post subject: Re: Benchmarks of Excellence
PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 4:52 am 
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How the Express deals with criticism...

http://hackinginquiry.org/comment/free- ... ournalist/


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