The Week the ODT Yet Again Chose to Give a Racist a Platform

If you’ve ever wondered how we manage to write ODT Watch, let the ODT itself explain,

 

 

This week the ODT have tightened up on giving absolutely any clues as to an article’s contents in the headline.

 

 

[insert joke here; I’ve given up too]

 

Then the ODT’s pathetic rip-off of the Booze Reviews has a crazy new diet tip. 

 

 

The ODT only gets half their calories from alcohol? They have clearly never had a Cruiser [this joke brought to you by Swilliam Shakesbeer, who has a monopoly on alcohol related content in Critic].   

 

Next, a Māori Language Week catch-up from big ol’ racist Tremain.

 

 

You see it’s funny because… oh no wait, it’s not funny; it’s just racist. 

 

Then a very sad opinion piece that reminds us all about growing old and dying.

 

 

Sure, ODT, you keep telling yourselves that. 

 

Then some paranoid rambling from the opinion section,

 

 

I hate to say this ODT, but the flowers were definitely mocking you. 

 

And then we have the ODT reporting on a magic woman. 

 

 

SHE DID NOT ‘RECALL’; SHE WAS THREE MONTHS OLD; WHAT IS THIS SHIT.

 

And finally, a classic of ODT Watch; the ODT reporting on something not happening.

 

 

Is there a proposal to extend the runway that got rejected? Is a group of citizens demanding the runway lengthen? Nope. The ODT asked the airport if they’re going to extend the runway and they said no. That’s news, baby.

This article first appeared in Issue 23, 2018.
Posted 4:03pm Friday 14th September 2018 by Charlie O’Mannin.