Artist’s impressions have long been used by the government as a way to sell major projects to the public, but in 2016 we have seen this tool adopted by a new user – community groups opposed to the same projects.
Posts Tagged ‘newspapers’
Smartphone zombies in the year 2016
June 17th, 2016
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Wherever you go on public transport these days, you’ll see almost every one of your fellow passengers absorbed in their smartphones, so what I saw the other day was a surprise.
Hey – I recognise those houses!
March 4th, 2016
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I was checking up on the Age website the other day, and had a sense of deja vu when I saw a stock photo of suburban houses on a hillside. So where did I recognise it from?
News Limited and the ‘sslcam’ redirect
July 8th, 2014
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Recently I was in the middle of researching a blog post, when my internet connection crapped out, leaving me at an odd looking URL. The middle bit of it made sense – www.theaustralian.com.au – but what is up with the sslcam.news.com.au domain name?
Newspapers using the “wrong” train photos
June 17th, 2014
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If you are interested in trains like I am, then you probably spend a lot of time online discussing the latest rail related news stories with fellow railfans. Over the years I have discovered an extremely common thread of discussion – the “wrong photo” complaint.
