A new low

Stuff.co.nz on Easter Saturday, 11 April, 2009, has managed something no one thought possible.

It has created a new low in reporting.

A headline on Stuff.co.nz reads "Girl loses limb to out-of-control street racers".

The body of the story, once you get past the pure sensationalist bullshit however states that the girl who was hurt was among a group sitting on the road, drinking just over the brow of a hill and the young male driver, driving a typical young male's car, came over the top of that rise, saw the girl too late, swerved to avoid her, also too late, and ran her over.

The police called to the scene obviously noted the true nature of the incident and let the young man go without charge.

Whether he is charged later makes no difference.

While there is a problem with boy racers the problem is small, most so-called "boy racers" being simply young men and women doing exactly what young men and women have been prone to do since clubs as marital tools went out of fashion, attracting like minded people of the opposite sex for the purpose of mating.

This incident had nothing to do with boys racing and by sensationalising the story with such an ignorant headline just proves how pathetic NZ's media is.

Shame in Stuff.co.nz!