Stoopid News
Examples of Low Standards in News Publishing
Spewage
This page is an homage to the rising illiteracy rate in this country. It is NOT a rant on the general inaccuracy of American reporting, or the incessant pandering to the entertainment monsters that now own all of our news outlets. Many thanks to your contributions! Please keep 'em coming! |
| Found Feb 22, 2010 |
Dunno where the bears came into the story, but...ok. |
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| Found Feb 17, 2010 |
I think we covered this one in third grade. |
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| Found Feb 16, 2010 |
OK this one is an ad, but it qualifies for the stoopid award. A client of Joe's Bargain Basement Ad Agency? |
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| Found Dec 17, 2009 |
I don't even know what to say about this one. |
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| Found Dec 1, 2009 |
Damn. We've rubbed off on the Brits. (Sea the photo caption.) |
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| Found October 29, 2009 |
Valley girl caption writer. |
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| Found October 26, 2009 |
Where in the world is Carmen Diego? It's gratifying to see I'm not alone...see the comment below the article. |
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| Found October 6, 2009 |
I are going to get a cup of coffee now. |
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| Found October 1, 2009 |
Has anybody seen my verb? I seem to have misplaced it. |
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| Found Sept 15, 2009 |
Hey Foxnews! Quit staring at her crotch and learn to spell "triathlon"! |
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| Found Sept 28, 2009 |
I thank, therefore I am. |
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| Found Sept 21, 2009 |
Is this a veiled commentary on athletics and academics? |
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| Found Sept 15, 2009 |
No idea. You figure it out. |
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| Found Sept 15, 2009 |
I believe this was tackled in third grade also. Courtesy of Fox. |
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| Found Sept 2, 2009 |
Had to include this one just for its gross-out subject matter. I think it's more appropriately described as "Yak on a stick." |
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| Found August 27, 2009 |
I feel ripped off at the incoherence of this article. |
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| Found August 25, 2009 |
What? They're all a bunch of fruits? I'm so confused. |
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| Found August 24, 2009 |
Preposition? We don't need no stinkin' preposition! |
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| Found August 24, 2009 |
This caption writer was later hired by the Daily Express. What is the problem with grizzly bares? Damn. |
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| Found January 29, 2009 |
This one's out of sequence, in keeping with the date confusion of the story itself. Guess that explains the problem with tense later in the story? |
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| Found August 21, 2009 |
Apparently the TV news station is counting on an illiterate web audience. |
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| Found July 16, 2009 |
...before or after she had went got in the car? |
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| Found July 16, 2009 |
Too stupid to qualify as news...so why does it?? |
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| Found July 16, 2009 |
To stupid two know the difference? |
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Stoopidity continues in same article. |
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| Found July 9, 2009 |
No clue. |
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| Found July 9, 2009 |
Suicide is dangerous? Really? |
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| Found July 9, 2009 |
What's an adverb between friends? |
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| Found June 29, 2009 |
Your guess is as good as mine here. |
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| Found June 19, 2009 |
So many comments come to mind...
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| NOTE: This was just changed after being up for maybe an hour. At least SOMEONE over there is paying attention. |
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| Found June 8, 2009 |
A video about dancing and groceries? I'm so confused. |
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| Found May 20, 2009 |
Danica, a Satan worshiper? Really?? From dictionary.com:Tempter:
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| Found May 20, 2009 |
Dominate, dominant...oh what difference does it make, anyway! |
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| Found May 20, 2009 |
Apparently May 20 was "Take Your Idiot to Work Day" in all the newsrooms. |
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| Found April 23, 2009 |
...and my butts was hurting from this grammar. |
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| Found April 8, 2009 |
I just love this headline. Definitely gets your attention! |
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| Found March 9, 2009 |
Wonder if the passenger had past gas in the passed? (see April 23 entry) |
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| Found March 9, 2009 |
Not sure if this is the fault of the reporter or the police officer, but at least the offender is consistently ignorant. |
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| Found Feb 27, 2009 |
I dunno. Usually I REPORT a corpse, not give it a ticket. And seven times, too! |
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| Found Feb 27, 2009 |
...and she's STILL running loose! Courtesy of Fox news. |
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| Found December 8, 2008 |
Can't improve on this one. |
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| Found November 6, 2008 |
There went life #2 of 9? |
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| Found October 27, 2008 |
Spellcheck broke. Note ad for creepy product at left. |
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| Found October 21, 2008 |
Many thanks to a co-worker (Tim) who found this one on MSNBC.com. He told me it was up for about three minutes before they fixed it. |
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| Found October 24, 2008 |
Learn how to use apostrophe here: http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif |
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| Found September 30, 2008 |
<Thunk> <Thunk> (sound of head banging against desk) |
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| Found September 12, 2008 |
I do NOT want to watch this video! |
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| Found September 12, 2008 |
Just use your portable perpetual motion machine... |
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| Found September 12, 2008 |
Huh? |
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| Found September 9, 2008 |
As opposed to after they're dead? |
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| Found September 5, 2008 |
No Dead Swimming. |
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| Found September 2, 2008 |
CNN.com. No comment. |
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| Found August 20, 2008 |
On Foxnews.com. AAAARGH. |
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| Found August 14, 2008 |
On CNN.com. A lovely example of nonsensical sentences. And BONUS! TWO in the same article! |
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| Found August 14, 2008 |
Apparently the folks at the Statesman are cutting costs by having their children write the headlines. |
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