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**blackdog** · 16th June 2012, 13:16

WTF are the editors illiterate?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7115...Queen-St-crash

**Madness** · 16th June 2012, 13:25

I dunno about illiterate, I've seen many worse examples recently. There's definitely something lacking in this journos investigative abilities though.

Originally Posted by Fairfax Media

It's not known whether he was the driver of the scooter or whether he was travelling in the car.

**darkwolf** · 16th June 2012, 13:30

So was it a van and a motorbike or a scooter and a car? Or are there two accidents or one accident involving all three?

see what I did there? I wonder if I can get a job as editor...

**Usarka** · 16th June 2012, 13:49

Breaking news: something has happened.

More later.

**Dave-** · 16th June 2012, 15:10

I saw on stuff the other day that new zealand police travel an average of 91m km every year!

for those of you who don't know S.I. units this would be 91 milli (thousandths of) kilo (thousands of) meters, so 91 meters, technically the space breaks it up a bit and you'd have to assume m is some sort of variable, but most would assume millikilometers.

also, milli and kilo are taught in highschool, you don't need a degree to know how to use them.

**Hitcher** · 16th June 2012, 23:10

Originally Posted by blackdog

WTF are the editors illiterate?

Said the poster who put an apostrophe in "its" in the subject line of this thread...

**The Lone Rider** · 16th June 2012, 23:14

Originally Posted by Madness

There's definitely something lacking in this journos investigative abilities though.

I've been interviewed for two newspapers over the last couple of weeks.

Other than a couple of phone calls, asking questions, that was about the limit of what they were willing to do. I even had to supply a photo for THEIR article.

Not that I'm complaining... just the two of us working together that were interviewed were slightly perplexed as to the unwillingness to invest much time or effort into something THEY wanted to write about.

**Muppet** · 17th June 2012, 00:32

I don't know how many times I've seen items in the papers that say Police impound vehicles when someone is caught doing 41 km/h over the speed limit.

I've had to correct two UK bike mags re this mistake after their journo's come to NZ, then write an article about riding here.

Do your homework on that 'Trayvon' who was shot in the USA and see what you find!

**Akzle** · 17th June 2012, 08:00

Originally Posted by Muppet

I don't know how many times I've seen items in the papers that say Police impound vehicles when someone is caught doing 41 km/h over the speed limit.

I've had to correct two UK bike mags re this mistake after their journo's come to NZ, then write an article about riding here.

Do your homework on that 'Trayvon' who was shot in the USA and see what you find!

lmfao. i got a bit of first had with this just the other day!
(f*ck auckland. f*ck auckland cops)

what they actually do is suspend/revoke "your" "licence" (if you let them) and if you get caught driving within 28 days THEN they can impound vehicle and charge your person.

anyway. anyone got a spare speedo cable for my gixx?

and NZ journo's are useless anyway. i'm surprised it's news to anyone... poor amy maaaaaaaas.