I just watched the video twice and couldnt hear any reference to Common
Crane made.?
There was another bit of misinformation though when the voice over woman
refered to "the rest of creation".
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Carl Clifford <>wrote:
> Oh Alan,
>
> Surely you must know that the prime rule of tabloid journalism is never let
> the facts get in the way of a good story.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
>
> On 08/11/2010, at 11:39 AM, Alan McBride wrote:
>
> Well according to The Age newspaper anyway!
>
> At around 1 min 40 into this (+ 30 seconds with the offensive ad);-) we
> find Australia has a new bird and apparently (they're) breeding.
>
> Video - Thousands of birds nest up in the Murray Darling - The Age
>
>
> http://media.theage.com.au/thousands-of-birds-nest-up-in-the-murray-darling-2030504.html
>
> Let's all nip out and make the Common Crane welcome to Australia. Thanks to
> The Age newspaper and Fairfax Media for finding them. Maybe we can all send
> Fairfax and the journo a note to thank them;-)
>
> Best
>
> Alan
>
> PS Why do journalists / newspapers publish inaccuracies? Oh I know, it must
> be to get extra publicity - well that's all I can think of; not sure they're
> this stupid really ;-)
>
> Alan
>
>
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