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[–]IstanbulienHonours Physics & Mathematics '14 13 points14 points

be Prince Arthur Herald

have any authority to complain about how the Daily is crazy

Pick one and only one.

Relevant PAH article: http://princearthurherald.com/en/uncategorized/it-wasn-t-sex-but-race-that-did-herman-cain-in

[–]DonDimello 2 points3 points

lol at the choice of accompanying picture: a bunch of rich white dudes laughing

[–]PasswordIsntHAMSTERSoftware Engineering U3 4 points5 points

on a scale that statistics cannot communicate.

What the fuck

[–]svpamEngineering/Disillusionment '13 4 points5 points

a whole lot of ‘fuck no’s’ and a side of, ‘sit yo ass down!’

we can definitely gaussian fit that

[–]pravdamcgill 11 points12 points

This subreddit's reaction to Daily articles has gone from mild amusement to an almost pathological obsession. This is the third Daily article posted in two days, a record for a relatively small forum. I haven't kept track, but I'm confident that it is the single most discussed issue here.

[–]HeWho_MustNotBeNamedChemical Eng '15 8 points9 points

Yeah, I think we need to calm down on the circlejerk for a while.

Wait till they say something truly insane, then come back to it.

[–]TambePhysics 2 points3 points

In many cases, specifically that of the Mcgill Tribune, it's a way for the editors to cheaply advertise their paper. I imagine that some of the Mcgill Daily articles on the subreddit are likewise. That's why it bothers me - most of the time, the articles in both student papers lack interesting content and the discussion involves how unintelligent the articles are; yet for the editors, the fact that we are even discussing their paper is more valuable than gold.

Edit: grammurr.

[–]mcgill_circlejerk 2 points3 points

It was always a pathological obsession. It's just that the obsession would only manifest itself when the opportunity arose, kind of like right now.

It's one of the reasons I made my subreddit (the other reason involves personal amusement just for the sake of personal amusement :P).

+canadagoosetip 150 CDAG for pointing out the obsession

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[–]aredrose 2 points3 points

I'm surprised they didn't include "Ro-dee-NO".

[–]DoubleForte 2 points3 points

The choice of graphic is definitely hilariously inappropriate. I'd never heard of the PAH before, but while the article in question is great fun, the PAH is still not quite there yet compared to other campus papers.

[–]ikeachimp 2 points3 points

Prince Arthur is measuring penises with this list...True, at least half of them are funny, but this is obvious to anyone to be just a student bickering, not sure why worthy of a graduated student. Trying too hard to be popular, PAH, too hard...

[–]canhaim 5 points6 points

Yet, the entire student body still chooses to fund it which is very perplexing

[–]damanasPharmacology '16 4 points5 points

wasn't it like 70% of a 25% voter turnout. don't forget that le delit is part of the daily publication society as well

[–]yawnlikeyoumeanitCognitive Science 5 points6 points

If the fee was opt-outable, I'd be all over that shit.

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    [–]yawnlikeyoumeanitCognitive Science 12 points13 points

    What the hell, why should I have to prove that they've done something to me personally in order to think it's not worth paying for? It's my money. I'd rather have it pay for bills, tuition, food, clothes, things I need, than contribute to the editors' monthly salaries. Or I'd rather have it go to other on campus publications with a higher level of journalistic integrity like the Trib. The Daily isn't essential to the campus experience IMO, so why should the fee be structured like it is?

    EDIT: and before anyone tries to make the point about it only being a couple of bucks, y'all can fuck right off with that sentiment. I'm paying my own way here, and I don't have support from anyone (including the SSAO. unfortunately). I have to weigh opportunity costs all the fucking time, and if I can stretch my budget for one more metro ride, a couple of bags of pasta, 2 days worth of samosas, etc, then I will.

    [–]unoriginal_name_42Mining Eng U4 3 points4 points

    I don't see why the daily doesn't phase out the paper copies in favour of an online-only platform. I doubt they'd even need the fee at that point.

    [–]Surf_Science 3 points4 points

    Well the Daily is basically student body paying for a very small part of the student body to get job experience. That experience likely wouldn't be as valuable without a print component.

    [–]yawnlikeyoumeanitCognitive Science 2 points3 points

    I thought they did?

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      [–]yawnlikeyoumeanitCognitive Science 2 points3 points

      First of all...

      I am honestly surprised that you think that the more opinionated sections of The Daily are biased is wrong.

      huh?

      And case in point. Absolutely no fucks were given about mentioning campus groups who contradicted the message- aren't dissenting views kind of the hallmark of the Daily? Oh, right, unless you disagree with them and then they shove their opinion all up in yer face.

      And apparently this qualifies as science that is worth reporting... Although to be fair this was reported later on

      The Trib practices much more even reporting. And their writers seem to respect people who have different opinions. They also make a real and apparent effort to include many sides of the stories they report. I have yet to see the Trib spew out anything that is as questionable as what I've seen in the Daily. There was even that Compendium about suicide that was printed and retracted last year just days after a student committed suicide in Berri-UQAM station (that could admittedly been a coincidence - I fucking hope so).

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        [–]yawnlikeyoumeanitCognitive Science 1 point2 points

        Do you subscribe to the Rob Fordian approach to dealing with facts? It's one thing to have an opinion, but you can't deny that blatantly ignoring relevant comments from parties affected by the issue you're reporting supports the claim that the Daily lacks journalistic integrity.

        EDIT: AND THEY'RE NOT COMMENTARY ARTICLES! So why should the Daily be allowed to push their opinion as "news"?

        [–]SpikeMFJoint CS/Biology '14 2 points3 points

        They plagiarized me and refused to own up to it.

        [–]yawnlikeyoumeanitCognitive Science 3 points4 points

        Can't you, well, prove something like that?

        [–]SpikeMFJoint CS/Biology '14 3 points4 points

        Yes, but when I went to file a complaint with them, it was like talking to a brick wall and I eventually just gave up.

        "Well we found it on the internet"

        Bitch, the image itself says "/r/mcgill" on it and you even "credited" it to reddit.com, it would have been trivial to track down the original author and message him. This is completely unprofessional of you

        She just laughed and said, "Yeah, but we found it floating around on the internet... then some people posted it to facebook so we didn't know how to find the original author"

        This was over a year ago. I mean, is there really anything I can do about it now?

        [–]damanasPharmacology '16 3 points4 points

        did you make the mcgill daily drinking game thing?

        [–]SpikeMFJoint CS/Biology '14 4 points5 points

        [–]yawnlikeyoumeanitCognitive Science 2 points3 points

        Aw dude, that sounds frustrating as shit. Sorry to hear about that.
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