Monday 10 September 2012

Orams at it again on the front page of The Daily Examiner


If ever a journo is going to gloriously balls up the front page of one
of the local newspapers, it would be Graham teh meeja is me
second choice career Orams.
According to him on the 10th September; “Vote counts were not
updated during the day yesterday after a flying start to the
counting on Saturday night”. WRONG!
In fact when I looked at the NSW Electoral Commission website I
could see there had been a minor correction and one major update
over the course of Sunday the 9th.
And every single candidate placing in the race for a seat on council 
he mentioned after the leading three, plus all their percentages,
were also wrong when the newspaper went to print.
Fair dinkum, the bloke's a menace.
Just for the record this is what the running total looked like
yesterday in the am and pm:
Summary of First Preference Votes
Candidate
Party/IND
FP Votes
Quota
Ratio
% Formal Votes
MORRISON Rod
IND
656
0.30
2.99%
SCOTT Margot
IND
410
0.19
1.87%
PARKINSON Paul
483
0.22
2.20%
HOWE Craig
IND
1,154
0.53
5.26%
BAKER Andrew
IND
2,326
1.06
10.59%
TUNKS Ursula
IND
416
0.19
1.89%
DE ROOS Joy
408
0.19
1.86%
SIMMONS Jim
IND
1,336
0.61
6.08%
CLANCY Greg
IND
1,078
0.49
4.91%
BEEBY Jane
IND
419
0.19
1.91%
HUGHES Sue
IND
1,381
0.63
6.29%
TOMS Karen
1,028
0.47
4.68%
McIVOR Micheal
IND
298
0.14
1.36%
CHALLACOMBE Jeremy
IND
1,027
0.47
4.68%
WILLIAMSON Richie
6,975
3.18
31.77%
McKENNA Margaret
IND
877
0.40
3.99%
KINGSLEY Jason
IND
1,685
0.77
7.67%
Total Formal Votes Counted
21,957
Total Informal Votes
1,875
Progressive Total Ordinary Votes
23,832
Summary of First Preference Votes
Candidate
Party/IND
FP Votes
Quota
Ratio
% Formal Votes
MORRISON Rod
IND
734
0.29
2.87%
SCOTT Margot
IND
443
0.17
1.73%
PARKINSON Paul
536
0.21
2.10%
HOWE Craig
IND
1,500
0.59
5.87%
BAKER Andrew
IND
2,478
0.97
9.70%
TUNKS Ursula
IND
499
0.20
1.95%
DE ROOS Joy
432
0.17
1.69%
SIMMONS Jim
IND
1,396
0.55
5.47%
CLANCY Greg
IND
1,188
0.47
4.65%
BEEBY Jane
IND
444
0.17
1.74%
HUGHES Sue
IND
1,504
0.59
5.89%
TOMS Karen
1,095
0.43
4.29%
McIVOR Micheal
IND
335
0.13
1.31%
CHALLACOMBE Jeremy
IND
1,295
0.51
5.07%
WILLIAMSON Richie
8,463
3.31
33.14%
McKENNA Margaret
IND
1,163
0.46
4.55%
KINGSLEY Jason
IND
2,033
0.80
7.96%
Total Formal Votes Counted
25,538
Total Informal Votes
2,168
Progressive Total Ordinary Votes
27,706

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Orams also wrote "Businessman and chamber of commerce president Jeremy Challacombe was in equal eighth place with sitting councillor Karen Toms. Cr Margaret McKenna was just holding ninth position with 3.99%."[DEX, 10 Sept 2012, page1]
No, no, no! For Orams' benefit, let it be known that if two candidates are equal eighth the next placed candidate is in 10th position.
Honestly, the bloke is a disgrace to the profession of journalism. What beats this writer is how APN can have him as the editor of its free throw-away weekly Coastal Views. One can only imagine other staffers at DEX and Coastal Views must shudder when his work appears in print. How'd you like to be working with this bloke or, worse still, taking instructions from him as your editor!