Archive for October, 2009

Published by Janine on 08 Oct 2009

Another PR stunt from Ryanair?

We all know Ryanair are famous for their Irish charm, cheap flights and lets say, ‘cheap stunts’ to get media attention. Well the latest news from camp Ryanair is that they are going to let passengers smoke on their flights.

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Published by Jenny on 02 Oct 2009

That’s (not) entertainment – dubious Google News result

Being algorithmically determined, Google News sometimes spews up some strange results.

Most of these strange results are quite amusing, or just gently misleading. Such as the main headline referring to one football team proclaiming “We wuz robbed” next to a picture of a player from the opposition.

A bit more disturbing is the tendency for stories to end up in the wrong news category, most often with a Weird World / Quirky story appearing in Entertainment.

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