Global media fail

[yanpa]

Beijing’s expats flee smog ... to Shanghai?

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[Russell]

So why is this thread called "Global media fail"?

Is there some inaccuracy in this reporting?

[Coligny]

I think, they are talking aboot pollution in Beijing while illustrating with a view of Shangai ...

[yanpa]

The Frenchperson is correct.

[Coligny]

Also applies to cities now:

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No big ben, no iFail tower, no wtc, no red square, no way to recognise...

[yanpa]

In their defence, someone does seem to have noticed the error and replaced the image with one apparently more local:

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[yanpa]

The headline: Strong quake hits New Zealand's Christchurch

The story: M6.0 occurs in the centre of the South Island 100km away from Christchurch, is felt by some people there. Media-friendly death and distruction on a wide scale fails to occur.

[wagyl]

Beeb also missed the bigger picture in the story. Thank God the local media reporters were able to capture it all.

One Christchurch-based Twitter user said the quake "felt like the house was at sea".

Another Twitter user reported feeling the quake in Franz Josef.

Cheryl Bernstein said it was an "extraordinary swaying earthquake".

Karen Foreman-Brown said the quake was large enough to have set off alarms in her neighbourhood.

On the Stuff.co.nz Facebook page, Jackie Cooper said she felt the earthquake in Golden Bay at the top of the island, and Dale Wedlock said he felt it in Dunedin.

Don Gutsell said he had photos swinging at his house in Temuka.

[Coligny]

The headline: Strong quake hits New Zealand's Christchurch

The story: M6.0 occurs in the centre of the South Island 100km away from Christchurch, is felt by some people there. Media-friendly death and distruction on a wide scale fails to occur.

Wiggling picture frames and toppled flower pots... Isn't that the base assessment unit for the shindo scale ?

That make it the most scientifically accurate article in years...