Telegraph gone to the dogs
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Telegraph gone to the dogs
In a story about Typhoons supersonic overland, the DT excelled itself..
and in case you were struggling with the concept of a "sonic boom", here's the Telegraph to the rescue:
.. pilot, who has not been identified, had used a wrong frequency to emit the emergency signal that usually indicates an aircraft has either been hijacked or had “gone rogue”.
.. based at RAF Conningsby
.. jets nose pulled almost verticle
Two typhoons from the ..
The noise contains large amounts of sound energy, meaning sonic booms are often mistaken for explosions.
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I agree that the Telegraph has 'gone to the dogs'. They seem to be competing with the Mail. The actual news content seems pretty limited these days and it's full of speculative drivel. I refuse to read the Times on line - but occasionally but a copy. Much more content quite frankly.
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I gave up the Telegraph last year when large areas of the front page were given over, on an almost daily basis, to pictures of pretty but irrelevant ladies. "Duchess of Cambridge Chats with Camilla at Ascot" etc. One is a bit prettier than the other but front page material in formerly serious newspaper it aint
It was getting a bit like Hello with longer sentences!
It was getting a bit like Hello with longer sentences!
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
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Or Thomas Harding with his Typhoons at Stanley. He is getting worse than Teddy Donaldson for spewing out rubbish.
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Emergency services across swaths of England
a sonic boom from two RAF Typhoon jets.
a sonic boom caused by a pair of Royal Air Force Typhoon jets breaking the sound barrier,
MoD officials gave the jets the green light to go “supersonic, which resulted in the sonic boom”.
The jets, based at RAF Conningsby in Lincolnshire, were already on route by the time the pilot realised his mistake and switched to the correct one.
"Supersonic flight was authorised by London Military Air Traffic Control which is only allowed in exceptional circumstances over land."
I can't even be bothered to go on reading it. This is an utter disgrace to a so-called quality newspaper.
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Lack of sub-editing due to massive staff cuts is a feature of most print media and conflated with the lack of grammar teaching in schools, we're left with this parlous situation.
Moreover there is a disturbing trend in the Telegraph of simply stitching press releases together before the event and disguise it as reporting. Here's an example:
Although embedding journalists with 'front line' military units is a relatively new phenomena and one that perhaps should be applauded, understandably they only give a view down a microscope. This has had the unintended consequence of making soliders appear to be the vicitms, but wider issues of conflict, defence and security are not really addressed.
Moreover there is a disturbing trend in the Telegraph of simply stitching press releases together before the event and disguise it as reporting. Here's an example:
Mr Cameron will announce tonight new policies on restricting business migration at the Annual General Meeting of the Business Round Table, to be held in the Guildhall, London. Mr Milliband is expected to denounce these measures as being 'bad for business' and will propose a review of immigration policies at a constituency meeting tomorrow morning...
Furthermore, few media organisations can have the luxury of dedicated defence teams - a downward trend commencing over 20 years ago. Often defence stories are reported on by the 'World Affairs team' or regional correspondents - often reporting for a number of news agencies.Although embedding journalists with 'front line' military units is a relatively new phenomena and one that perhaps should be applauded, understandably they only give a view down a microscope. This has had the unintended consequence of making soliders appear to be the vicitms, but wider issues of conflict, defence and security are not really addressed.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
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I wonder who will pick up the bill for the inevitable conservatory that broke or the irreplaceable china plate that just fell off the wall.
In the case of the latter the tax payer should replace the plate and not give the cash. May be a nice seconds from Royal Worcester
In the case of the latter the tax payer should replace the plate and not give the cash. May be a nice seconds from Royal Worcester
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The Telegraph joins most media outlets for getting facts wrong. Was watching BBC south east the other day about a Mk1 spitfire that has been restored. The archive footage that went with the report was very interesting, except all along it was suggested that it was of a Spitfire. In fact it was a formation of Jets (meatballs), a Hurricane and a nice head on clip of some Typhoons (the first type). But who cares, the great unwashed only need to see a black and white clip of aeroplanes to pad out the report!
(cant find it on iplayer, will keep looking)
(cant find it on iplayer, will keep looking)
