Staffordshire Newsletter

[monkey bidness]

Am I the only person who believes that this so-called newspaper has totally lost the plot? Have you seen today's Front Page? In the following pages there are three items - Stafford Hospital, another NHS Reorganisation & an Investigation into two of the most senior Police Officer in Staffordshire - any one of which merits Lead Story treatment and instead the Newsletter serves up a Stafford Family traumatised by the contents of a cheap Chinese Cracker on the front page!. Admittedly the reference to the WTC Towers was crass and insensitive, possibly warranting a phone call or visit to Wilkos, a refund and a note to the idiot suppliers to get their act together. For God's sake, EVERY Chinese Chistmas Cracker has jokes (so-called), aphorisms, puzzles and other pieces of decades-old recycled rubbish, placed there by workers who do not speak English and have'nt the faintest idea of the meaning or significance of the material they are handling. Why didn't the Newsleter send their fearless Reporter & Photographer to China to track down the money grubbing fiends behind this sordid scheme? Alternatively,couldn'tn we perhaps have some more stories about Mr Cash, M.P.

 

[Hetairoi]

We also had these crackers and we found the reference to the World Trade Centre most odd but that is all!

For this guy, Tim Jones, to say that it ruined their Xmas dinner is ridiculous!

http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/News/Familys-fury-at-cracker-gaffe-29122011.htm

 

[grumpystaffordguy]

LOL the mind boggles. What is wrong with some people?! I dont know whats worse the stupid attention seeking people who phoned the paper or the paper for printing it. Actually I do the paper is worse as they should try and print quality stories and not sh*te like this.
I stopped buying the snoozeletter about a year ago as there was nothing in it I was really interested in. Now considering I'm interested enough in Stafford to read and contribute to this forum I think it says a lot about how rubbish the paper is.

 

[supernova]

I haven't bought or read a copy of the Newsletter for a long time, and from I'm reading here, I've not missed much! Looks like it will be going the same way as the Stafford Post, which was also full of nothing but advertisements and drivel.

 

[United57]

Certainly does not warrant being front page news. I guess if I went through trivial pursuits there maybe similar questions?

 

[Vault_girl]

I saw it yesterday when doing some shopping and was also shocked that this was apparently the biggest story of the week! Unbelievable that it "ruined" their meal. Yes it was a terrible thing, but it happened over 10 years ago and it's not like it was a bad joke or anything it was just a piece of trivia. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought this was more than just a bit ridiculous to be in the paper, let alone on the front page.

 

[Graham]

It's been two years since I bought a copy of 'The Newsletter' which now seems to have joined the realms of the tabloid press. It's unfortunate that this was included in a cracker but, come on, 'ruining a meal'! I feel a bit of our claims culture creeping in here. Very soon history will have to be banned for fear of upsetting someone who lost a relative at Agincourt or The Somme.

 

[basil]

War jokes abounded during and immediately after WW2.........

 

[United57]

It's been two years since I bought a copy of 'The Newsletter' which now seems to have joined the realms of the tabloid press. It's unfortunate that this was included in a cracker but, come on, 'ruining a meal'! I feel a bit of our claims culture creeping in here. Very soon history will have to be banned for fear of upsetting someone who lost a relative at Agincourt or The Somme.

We have a couple of shops in town who will probably try and bring a claim and hope the company pays up instead of going to court.

I bet if it went to court it would be " laughed out". Whats the actual damage ? Answer none

 

[basil]

It's been two years since I bought a copy of 'The Newsletter' which now seems to have joined the realms of the tabloid press. It's unfortunate that this was included in a cracker but, come on, 'ruining a meal'! I feel a bit of our claims culture creeping in here. Very soon history will have to be banned for fear of upsetting someone who lost a relative at Agincourt or The Somme.

We have a couple of shops in town who will probably try and bring a claim and hope the company pays up instead of going to court.

I bet if it went to court it would be " laughed out". Whats the actual damage ? Answer none

.... An Inspector writes..........

 

[Miss Red]

I stopped buying that paper couple of years ago when it became merged with burton on trent! It full of s*** and is a waste of money!

 

[basil]

Well at least the deaths are in alaphabetical order.......

 

[joshua]

Sadly the newsletter has little to do with real crusading journalism, and more to do selling ad space and not upsetting their friends in high places, (and you can stick that in your blogwatch you lazy yellow hacks)

 

[Withnail]

Actually, the blogwatch thing hasn't appeared for a few weeks now.

 

[WildwoodPaul]

Leave a comment on the story page, giving your feedback.

You have to conclude Tim Jones is related to someone at the paper, to ring up over Christmas with such an exclusive all sounds very fishy. I wonder who else was at his dinner table?

 

[toooldtorock]

I have e-mailed gigs to be included in their 'Whats On' section all year and have never got a mention. They sent me a snotty e-mail, suggesting I should pay to advertise my gigs....What, like Granvilles and The Swan do? They also pointed out that inclusion in Whats On was at the Editors discretion. My discretion therefore to no longer purchase it.

 

[citricsquid]

A FAMILY had their Christmas dinner ruined when they opened a copy of the Staffordshire Newsletter.

OFFENSIVE . . . Tim Jones with the copy of the article his son found in their copy of the Staffordshire Newsletter.

Sheila Jones said the journalism was inexcusable more than a decade after she last read the Staffordshire Newsletter.

The 47-year-old was tucking into a festive meal at her home in Wildwood, Stafford, with husband Tim when their son found the article inside a copy of the paper which had been bought from the town’s Wilkinsons store two weeks ago.

She said the find wrecked the family’s yuletide celebrations and could have had a “devastating” effect on people who try to read the paper regularly.

“To say the atmosphere changed at our Christmas meal is an understatement,” Mrs Jones said.

“This is a completely tasteless and will undoubtedly offend many, many people.”

Here is a copy of the article for anyone curious!

 

[Miss Red]

A FAMILY had their Christmas dinner ruined when they opened a copy of the Staffordshire Newsletter.

OFFENSIVE . . . Tim Jones with the copy of the article his son found in their copy of the Staffordshire Newsletter.

Sheila Jones said the journalism was inexcusable more than a decade after she last read the Staffordshire Newsletter.

The 47-year-old was tucking into a festive meal at her home in Wildwood, Stafford, with husband Tim when their son found the article inside a copy of the paper which had been bought from the town’s Wilkinsons store two weeks ago.

She said the find wrecked the family’s yuletide celebrations and could have had a “devastating” effect on people who try to read the paper regularly.

“To say the atmosphere changed at our Christmas meal is an understatement,” Mrs Jones said.

“This is a completely tasteless and will undoubtedly offend many, many people.”

Here is a copy of the article for anyone curious!

How rude to read a newspaper whilst having your christmas dinner!

 

[wizzard]

I used to work with the guy, he is quite a nice guy actually, but I do think it is a mountain out of a molehill, it was a terrible thing that happened, but it's now part of world history so it is going to be used as a trivia question no matter how distasteful it may be.

 

[toooldtorock]

Read the rag in my local this afternoon, good decision to never buy again, rubbish