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From Idea to Front Page of Stuff in under 4 hours

by Whaleoil on August 9, 2010

The problem with dead tree journalists and the media hacks that hang around our politicians is they haven’t understood the modern technology makes them scarcely relevant.

The classic example of the need for a constant stream of information, and building up a following of people is our mate the Manatee. He goes swanning off to some distant part of the world and posts his holiday picks and has an enthralled audience. I bet his mates in the third form at Scots College wouldn’t have believed it when he was being dunny flushed or stuck in a rubbish bin, but there you have it. His influence grows despite is piss weak stand on issues like outing Pedobear Power as a pinko who should be on the other side of the house.

Then today, Facebook reckoned it was JK’s birthday. It was the work of moments to send Lisa Lewis a message saying do version of Happy Birthday Mr President, and within an hour she had her version online. In under two hours it was on the front page of the biggest web site in New Zealand. Especially with pleasing comments like this;

“That’s one of the reasons I started my website for people like him. I get a lot of inquires, from people like John Key, that can’t actually walk in to a strip club without get in trouble with their partners or the media. Now they can watch my shows from the comfort of their own home or office.”

When will the MSM get it? When with JK realise his offsiders are letting the side down when the most prominent adult entertainer in the country has more Facebook friends than the highly popular prime minister?

And when will they engage an experienced, proven social media person instead of a muppet like Kevin Taylor who is once again reacting to something The Whale did? Bet he wishes he ever tried to cross swords with me.

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  • Agent BallSack

    I find it amazing and enlightening how quickly RSS type feeds have created a media that is constantly updated. From your own facebook feeds, others and even groups on facebook or tweets, news is now being generated in ways traditional print media cannot replicate.
    I browse news feeds constantly throughout the day and find Stuff is one of the leaders in non traditional reporting.

    They screw up occasionally and wear a bit of egg but more often than not the stories are updated several times during the day which keeps you going back.
    Print Media companies are more likely to place the story amongst the ads and the story stays static – exactly like ‘old’ newspapers, NZH being a prime example.

    If I felt strongly about a story, Voxy would be where I go for real-time comments from others etc.

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  • gaskranken

    Far out I just saw what’s happened to Jevan Goulter, he was just on 3News as the mouthpiece for the Whanganui teen beauty flesh fest, fronting to the media for the bitch running down the 15 yo crownholder on her facebook page.

    So Jevan stood in front of a map of the north island, blindfolded, and stuck a pin in the map and boom he hit the big WHANGAS, wee haa no one knows him there, next move putting out his own perfume you watch.

  • mediatart

    Notice how the fartblog has wound down a bit when isnt the usual repeating to do.
    No need to cut and paste the vacuous offerings of the editorials. A bit of a flurry when the coup de carter blew up. Of course that was done by the busy little elves at Nationals ‘back orifice’, where fartblog had his start.