Crap Alert 1.0
The end of information (forget knowledge or wisdom)? The news regurgitaters have taken over and some of their outpouring are not just crappy but freaky too. Some of these news dudes are taking good reports and regurgitating pure kak or crap. How have news organisation of all shades sunk to such stinking and creepy depths?
The Crap Alert award for the week;
News search results: Zimbabwe + "UN report" + "life expectancy" (Please Note: not all results shown below are crap or kak some are gems and demonstrate excllence in newsmaship!)
For those stumped by the jargon or need a refresher here is WHO's glossary or download the golssary in .doc format. The WHO's statistics; Annex Table 1 Basic indicators for all Member States [pdf 230kb] The WHO web page; The world health report 2006 - working together for health
And now a cusual glance at the news search result for our query:
ZIMBABWE: Adult population to die before age 40, says UN report (IRIN, JOHANNESBURG) The CRAP ALERT WINNER for the week and strangely the most recycled)
ZIMBAWE: Adult population to die before age 40, says UN report
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK (original source IRIN)
Life shortest in ZimbabweTVNZ, New Zealand -
Zimbabwe has shortest life expectancyMonsters and Critics.com, UK
Zimbabwe tops WHO's list of low life expectanciesGlobe and Mail, Canada -
WHO report says life expectancy in nation torn by AIDS and extreme ... Houston Chronicle, United States
Zimbabweans live the least: WHOFinancial Express, India
Life Does Not Begin At 40newswire.co.nz, New Zealand
Zimbabwe: Adult Population to Die Before Age 40, Says UN ReportAllAfrica.com, Washington - (original source IRIN)
ZIMBABWE: Adult population to die before age 40, says UN reportPolitical Affairs Magazine, (original source IRIN)
Zimbabweans live shortest New Zimbabwe.com,UK
Zimbabweans have 'shortest lives' Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, Kenya -
Zimbabwe has shortest life expectancy Malaysia Sun - Malaysia
One of the major souce of kak newsmaship was the reporting on the judgement of Da Vinci Code copyright lawsuit. I won't bother going into the kakmanship of some dudes out there but the case report report from British and Irish Legal Information Institute, here, speaks for itself. I don't see the reason for all the kakmaship in the news reports. The law report is crystal clear , so why all the crap! Check out the various stories are out there, try to see if you id the kak from the gems.
It may be the warning against plagiarism at school and in news organisations has really stifled the intellect of some dudes out there. Some of the crap can only be explained as being due to pure stupidity.