lil-minx92 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 this needs to go in the Star errors megathread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Page 7 in todays STAR has a story about the cashless system to be used by Scrapyards, the main picture has the title "Sprapyards targeted in metal theft crackdown" so much for proof reading. What a joke this once brilliant paper has turned out to be. But I would think that headline suited the story? Why is it a 'blunder'? Surely because a story about non-use of cash is not inherently about metal theft. Mind, cash [coinage] is 'metal', so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlittlepup Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Surely because a story about non-use of cash is not inherently about metal theft. Mind, cash [coinage] is 'metal', so... But the non-use of cash is being introduced to stop metal theft. Therefore it is part of a clampdown on metal theft, and one which is targeting scrapyards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Sampson Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Another cracker today. "Woman issued (incorrectly) with parking ticket at ASDA, complains, ticket cancelled." Phew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCityMan Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I know this forum loves to give the Star a regular kicking, but I'm at a loss as to what some people think should be in a local newspaper. It's easy to take the **ss out of some stories, but local papers run local stories. Yes, the paper isn't what it once was (what paper is?) but with an ever smaller budget, it is still the only place for many to keep up with what's happening in the area. And as for the oft trotted out "they get all their stories on here". Well, that's rather delusional. The paper still carries investigative journalism, runs campaigns, publishes a topical cartoonist, champions the city and has some excellent columns. It's far from perfect and certainly carries far too many typos (a result of the redundancies of subeditors), but the city would be poorer if it wasn't here. As much as I enjoy Sheffield Forum, I'm not sure the same could be said about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I know this forum loves to give the Star a regular kicking, but I'm at a loss as to what some people think should be in a local newspaper. It's easy to take the **ss out of some stories, but local papers run local stories. Yes, the paper isn't what it once was (what paper is?) but with an ever smaller budget, it is still the only place for many to keep up with what's happening in the area. And as for the oft trotted out "they get all their stories on here". Well, that's rather delusional. The paper still carries investigative journalism, runs campaigns, publishes a topical cartoonist, champions the city and has some excellent columns. It's far from perfect and certainly carries far too many typos (a result of the redundancies of subeditors), but the city would be poorer if it wasn't here. As much as I enjoy Sheffield Forum, I'm not sure the same could be said about it. How so ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki-red Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 This is an actual non-story, as theres, erm, no story! http://www.thestar.co.uk/community/star-bizarre/tomato-surprise-is-bone-of-contention-for-sheffield-shopper-1-5203275 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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