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Who the fuck are the Doyles and who cares if they didn't plan their holiday properly and had a shit time? Why do they get a 1000 word article?
Not one quote from a local resident.
Expect more of this as the Daily Post moves to be produced in England. https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/merseyside-family-cuts-short-holiday-18640186
Not one quote from a local resident.
Expect more of this as the Daily Post moves to be produced in England. https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/merseyside-family-cuts-short-holiday-18640186
Schroedinger's ghost town where it's deserted and had massive queues at once.
Would be great to see where that 50% figure comes from unless of course he's pulled it out of his arse and the Daily Post have published it without challenging or verifying it.
Why did he do that?
One way systems are common for helping people keep their distance. It's not uniquely a Llandudno phenomenon.
Fair play to the Daily Post for letting this quote comparing Llandudno to a Nazi POW camp be published, though.
Fair play to the Daily Post for letting this quote comparing Llandudno to a Nazi POW camp be published, though.
"MAN DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GOOGLE IS" isn't as catchy a headline, is it?
He'd just complain about the one way system in force if they were open.
This guy thinks going to the toilet is a choice.
"14 people? I'm not going to queue out of principal. Gonna just tie a knot in it and hope for the best"
"14 people? I'm not going to queue out of principal. Gonna just tie a knot in it and hope for the best"
Again, how is this something that's unique to Llandudno. It's the same in London ffs.
Expert analysis from some bloke from the Wirral who hasn't had his credentials on retail provided by the article.
Once again, hats off to the Daily Post for publishing an invented shop owner without question. Surely they'd find the shopkeeper if they walked through the town?
Once again, hats off to the Daily Post for publishing an invented shop owner without question. Surely they'd find the shopkeeper if they walked through the town?
Right, here's where my bullshit detector is going mad.
Who refers to the Welsh Government in shorthand as "Cardiff"?
Absolutely nobody.
Unless Ian Doyle is a journo or something?
Who refers to the Welsh Government in shorthand as "Cardiff"?
Absolutely nobody.
Unless Ian Doyle is a journo or something?
OH WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT.
AND THE SAME ARTICLE WAS POSTED ON THE ECHO'S WEBSITE AND SYNDICATED TO THE DAILY POST'S.
He was smart enough not to write it under his own name though wasn't he?
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/family-cut-short-holiday-north-18641481
AND THE SAME ARTICLE WAS POSTED ON THE ECHO'S WEBSITE AND SYNDICATED TO THE DAILY POST'S.
He was smart enough not to write it under his own name though wasn't he?
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/family-cut-short-holiday-north-18641481
I didn't even know this when I started the thread, so I enjoyed that twist in real time.
Honestly, that article is an absolute piss take put of journalism in terms of balance and story and so on.
But to find out it was most likely ghost written by the subject? Absolutely unforgivable.
But to find out it was most likely ghost written by the subject? Absolutely unforgivable.
"It's like Stalag 41"
I'd be mad if I were Charlotte Hadfield and the Daily Post's agriculture reporter was stealing credit for my work on his website.
"The toilets had 14 people queueing outside. Who on earth is going to put up with that?"
"The last time I looked, Conwy castle was in the open air"
I'm absolutely fucking livid about this article.
The entitlement of a tourist.
The one-sided "journalism".
THE DAILY POST FUCKING PUBLISHING THIS ANGLOCENTRIC BULLSHIT.
The entitlement of a tourist.
The one-sided "journalism".
THE DAILY POST FUCKING PUBLISHING THIS ANGLOCENTRIC BULLSHIT.
"There were no OAPs spending the grey pound that supports 50% of the town".
Really sad to see that this man earns his living writing, and that Reach have clearly layed off all of their sub-editors.
ICYMI: "There were no OAPs spending the grey pound"
Really sad to see that this man earns his living writing, and that Reach have clearly layed off all of their sub-editors.
ICYMI: "There were no OAPs spending the grey pound"
"There were no OAPs spending the grey pound".
The ethics of ghost writing about your own holiday and putting yourself in the story.
How badly written it is.
How full of bullshit it is.
The fact an editor somewhere has published it.
The politics of Anglo-centric entitlement.
This is the Daily Post's future.
How badly written it is.
How full of bullshit it is.
The fact an editor somewhere has published it.
The politics of Anglo-centric entitlement.
This is the Daily Post's future.
He works for the same company, but @DPJezHemming is a superb local journalist in North Wales, and this kind of bullshit being pulled by the large companies "streamlining" local papers does people like him a huge disservice.
Hi @DPFarming, how did you get Ian Doyle's story?
Do you regularly file copy that isn't about farming?
Thanks.
Do you regularly file copy that isn't about farming?
Thanks.
Hi @Charl_hadfield, did you know your name isn't on the article you co-wrote despite it being syndicated to the Daily Post's website?
How did you meet Ian Doyle and get his story?
How did you meet Ian Doyle and get his story?
OF COURSE WALES ONLINE PUBLISHED IT. https://twitter.com/walesonline/status/1285957705795076097?s=21
It seems so trivial, but this is a major issue.
By sacking the Daily Post's editor and creating all "content" in England, things like this will keep happening.
How is a journo whose only experience of Wales being holidays in Talacre going to report on Betsi Cadwaladr?
By sacking the Daily Post's editor and creating all "content" in England, things like this will keep happening.
How is a journo whose only experience of Wales being holidays in Talacre going to report on Betsi Cadwaladr?
How will someone who lives in Merseyside know what's newsworthy for somebody in Nefyn or Denbigh?
Companies like Reach buy papers not because they want to perform a local public service, but because they're an asset with a ready-made audience.
They sell advertising. Not news.
Companies like Reach buy papers not because they want to perform a local public service, but because they're an asset with a ready-made audience.
They sell advertising. Not news.
