Spot the difference

It’s time for a quick game of Spot the Difference – Yaayy!!!

I saw this article, dated December 15, 2006 with a timestamp of 16:56:46, and then saw another article here with the same date but a timestamp of 05:45 PM – less than one hour later.

Let’s play:

  • The first article mentions how “high-profile” Balfour is in the first sentence. Lo and behold, so does the second. How “high-profile” can she be?
  • Qantas “confirmed” Balfour had “resigned” from the airline and would leave in “March”.
  • In para two, the spokesperson “confirmed” Balfour’s intention to “depart” but did not offer a reason or give “further details”. More like a broken record than a spokesperson, no?
  • Further on, Balfour is now the person responsible for significant IT overhauls at Qantas. Regular as clockwork.

Perhaps I should get a job as a plagiournalist, sitting back and rewriting any good story that takes my fancy. Not a bad gig if you can get it.

Like Hell. I hunt, don’t gather.

Ask my boss what’s the quickest and easiest way to get me jumping up and down and screaming – when I’m ordered to follow someone else’s lead…

Rodney

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Comments

  1. Ye he ha ha….no Im not a donkey. Im in hysterics….hysterical laughter that is!
    Here’s a quick quiz….why do more IT professionals read Computerworld than any other title in Australia? Answer: Because we don’t steal AAP copy, in fact don’t receive AAP.
    Iain – stop listening to surly drunks that are slippery with the facts.

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