EADT Tuesday 19th

[Leighb]

I was amused/appalled by a photo illustrating the effect of the heatwave on river levels which showed the Orwell near Levington at LW. !!
Careless journalism at best or just plain stupidity/ignorance?
I have written my first ever letter to the editor to point out the error.

 

[johnalison]

Evaporation is not to be underrated, Shirley.

 

[Bob@SYH]

Water in East Anglia's rivers falls 'below normal' levels as heatwave hits
Link to the story.
I thought they might have used a generic river picture that just happened to be the Orwell... but no they're actually naming it in the picture credit as an example?

 

[Bob@SYH]

Evaporation is not to be underrated, Shirley.

Or perhaps through their logic, this evaporation will balance out the anticipated rise of sea levels caused by global warming. ?

 

[DanTribe]

I believe it's the law that journalists have to get most of their facts wrong. Anything approaching the truth is accidental.

 

[Greemble]

I'm not too sure Archant has any actual journalists employed any more.

 

[Tomahawk]

Perhaps it is good they don’t allow the reader to comment on their stories.

 

[Aquaboy]

The Ipswich Star is no more intelligent....

 

[greylag]

And said letter to Editor was published today.

 

[Cantata]

And said letter to Editor was published today.

Ooooh come on let's see it.

 

[Leighb]

And said letter to Editor was published today.

How gratifying, I never thought they would publish it, must be a poor news day!

 

[Greemble]

How gratifying, I never thought they would publish it, must be a poor news day!

Well, why not?
It's not as though they read anything before publishing it...

 

[Greemble]

The Ipswich Star is no more intelligent....

Well, that's probably due to it being another of Archant's titles.

 

[greylag]

And lo and behold, same photo to illustrate similar type article in todays edition.

 

[Frayed Knot]

Reminds me of an occasion back in the mid nineties when I was living in Leigh-on-Sea & there was a summer drought & hosepipe-ban. We had some visitors from Bristol & I took them out to lunch at a seafront café in Westcliff.
The tide was out of course & one of my guests told me she had no idea the drought was so bad & asked was my boat stuck like all of the ones in front of us…

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I'm afraid journalistic fails are not new. Back in the dark ages, the local rag reported academic successes. When I was fortunate to gain a place at Cambridge, they (correctly) reported that I intended to study petrology. They then helpfully told their readers that petrology was the study of petroleum! You'd have thought that 5 minutes with a dictionary would have been a good idea for a journalist faced with a word he didn't know!

 

[xyachtdave]

They then helpfully told their readers that petrology was the study of petroleum!

I'll admit it, I had to google petrology!

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I'll admit it, I had to google petrology!

But at least you did, and didn't try and guess what it meant!

 

[Bob@SYH]

But at least you did, and didn't try and guess what it meant!

Yes... we all know it's just the fancy term for being a vet. ?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Yes... we all know it's just the fancy term for being a vet. ?

Even the reporter wasn't that for off! Actually, it's the study of the late and lamented Petra, of Blue Peter fame!