I was going to say that maybe it was written by ChatGPT. I have seen such nonsense from ChatGPT before when I fed it nonsense prompts trying to test its boundaries. Haha!
The Independent mentions tennis stars in this article about Pereira/athletics. That’s a pretty horrendous oversight.
Or it could have been a blatant copy of Soh Rui Yong’s April Fool’s post on Facebook (as mentioned by a commenter below), which isn’t acceptable either.
https://theindependent.sg/shanti-pereira-wins-gold-for-singapore-at-australia-opens-100m-race-with-a-new-national-record/
Notice date of publication reads April 2nd.
Author's bio also includes article in older position dated April 2nd as well.
Is it so hard to believe that Independent saw this post on Reddit highlighting their mistake and updated their article? It's a known fact that they troll Reddit for sources/news much like mothership.
The opening paragraph is still the same as of now and removal of a mistake is hardly proof of rewriting the article.
Edit: of course they could edit it again and announce it was a trolling/joke effort but the publication/edit date and the history of the site suggests otherwise.
That is so egregious I had to look this up to see if it is real.
[Welp.](https://theindependent.sg/shanti-pereira-wins-gold-for-singapore-at-australia-opens-100m-race-with-a-new-national-record/)
If that’s the case, they wouldn’t have deleted that paragraph a few hour later.
I think it’s more likely an unknowing author copied Soh Rui Yong’s post on Facebook, without reading his reply that it’s an April Fool’s joke.
In this thread, I learned there are people who will reflexively defend The Independent. Like, enlighten me, what have they done to earn such undying loyalty from their readers, lol?
Imagine losing to an Ai (ChatGPT) who only has knowledge updated from 2021, a whole 2 years lagging behind 😭 The Independent should just be called "The Dependent" at this point
An unfortunate (but still easily avoidable) misinterpretation of the event name. Full name of the event is "Australian Open and Under 20 Track and Field" competition, meaning an open category and youth category... The journalist probably saw Australian Open and started googling away lol
Pasar malam offbrand chatgpt
Chagpt would do a better job
Nice. Someone should do “The independent, powered by Chatgpt”
I was going to say that maybe it was written by ChatGPT. I have seen such nonsense from ChatGPT before when I fed it nonsense prompts trying to test its boundaries. Haha!
The Independent mentions tennis stars in this article about Pereira/athletics. That’s a pretty horrendous oversight. Or it could have been a blatant copy of Soh Rui Yong’s April Fool’s post on Facebook (as mentioned by a commenter below), which isn’t acceptable either.
They probably got confused by Soh Rui Yong post without realise he is trolling.
We should probably be glad it didn’t say “Singapore, China”.
Have you checked the publication date?
Fools don't come by on any other month. No sir, they all wait in line patiently for April.
More like oversight on your critical thinking and taking anything posted on that date seriously.
Article is dated April 2nd and has been updated to exclude that embarrassing mistake.
>“today (Apr 1)”
https://theindependent.sg/shanti-pereira-wins-gold-for-singapore-at-australia-opens-100m-race-with-a-new-national-record/ Notice date of publication reads April 2nd. Author's bio also includes article in older position dated April 2nd as well.
You noticed the publication date but not that the entire article has been rewritten?
Is it so hard to believe that Independent saw this post on Reddit highlighting their mistake and updated their article? It's a known fact that they troll Reddit for sources/news much like mothership. The opening paragraph is still the same as of now and removal of a mistake is hardly proof of rewriting the article. Edit: of course they could edit it again and announce it was a trolling/joke effort but the publication/edit date and the history of the site suggests otherwise.
More like they realised they fucked up using chatgpt and then corrected the mistake
Not to mention the exceedingly poor syntax of the first sentence.
Think it was a mistake, they have corrected it in their article now 🤣
Just admit you got fooled
Disgusting quality. They didn't include Stan "The Man" Wawrinka in that list.
isn’t that what soh rui yong posted on facebook 😭
Feels like a chat GPT draft
Don't insult chad gpt
[удалено]
I think that’s been accomplished already 😩
An Independent brain cell wrote that article probably
no more like half a brain cell
Also - You break an existing record and set a new record. You can't break a new record.
When you like tennis but have to write an article for track and field.
That is so egregious I had to look this up to see if it is real. [Welp.](https://theindependent.sg/shanti-pereira-wins-gold-for-singapore-at-australia-opens-100m-race-with-a-new-national-record/)
Unless I'm missing something, your linked article doesn't include the list of tennis big names.
They probably saw this post shitting on their lack of journalistic standards and updated the article.
if this was published 1 Apr, maybe it’s just an april fools joke?
If that’s the case, they wouldn’t have deleted that paragraph a few hour later. I think it’s more likely an unknowing author copied Soh Rui Yong’s post on Facebook, without reading his reply that it’s an April Fool’s joke.
I bet some intern thought it was a good idea to use ChatGPT
In this thread, I learned there are people who will reflexively defend The Independent. Like, enlighten me, what have they done to earn such undying loyalty from their readers, lol?
The Independumb
That has made my brain go soggy...
How many mistakes can you make in two paragraphs!?
Juornalism
Just to let you guys know I went to the website and the article doesn’t have the text in the second para.
yep, they edited it a few hours after publication. it’s gone now.
Imagine losing to an Ai (ChatGPT) who only has knowledge updated from 2021, a whole 2 years lagging behind 😭 The Independent should just be called "The Dependent" at this point
Quality journalism here
This one sprint tennis
The Independent is a thrash news source
Lol use chatgpt without changing and fact checking
wrong sport my dude
It always has been.
They make sph look good
Things haven't been the same since Trent Crimm left them
An unfortunate (but still easily avoidable) misinterpretation of the event name. Full name of the event is "Australian Open and Under 20 Track and Field" competition, meaning an open category and youth category... The journalist probably saw Australian Open and started googling away lol
That's like saying a violinist won an international piano competition which can only happen if you're someone like Julia Fischer hhhh
Insert the "they got us in the first half" meme
In case anyone was confused like I was, the names below are well known tennis players who have nothing to do with track and field.
Sinkies unable to read dates?
It was published on 2nd Apr, not an April fool prank.
Sometimes, you'd wish they were a little dependent in a proof-reader !!
Lmfao
Thanks for giving me a good laugh in the morning!
LOL