PETTS WOOD: Mysterious patch of blood near flats (From News Shopper)

I think I've solved the 'mystery' . A man was injured, bled in the street, then got taken to hospital! D'oh

Seriously News Shopper - have you let some kids take over the newsdesk during the school holidays?

Remember guys - the same level of journalism isn't needed when it is right out side the NS Offices.

We have seen it before with very minor car prangs etc being reported from out front of offices.

Sure this story may develop into something more serious, but please NS, when you get some facts, report it. Not just the rumours you heard on the way into work.

I completely agree. What's the point of this nonsense? Its the kind of rubbish you'd find on a local blog.

More like the stuff you find in a School Newspaper

Robert Fisk is one of the finest journalists this side of the pond. He would be a worthy winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and should be applauded for his professionalism.

At least the reporter didn't have to travel far for this story, incident is directly opposite the News Shopper office in Petts Wood

Yeah News Shopper you have got to get up a lot earlier than that to pull the wool over bbinbromley's eyes....

I couldn't agree less with the comments above regarding the validity of this article as a snippet of local news. It doesn't matter where this happened, it's still worth reporting on.

However, I can offer a simple solution to GeoffR and others above who feel they have wasted their time clicking on this page. If you don't like something, don't read it. If Petts Wood stories and pools of blood on the pavement aren't of interest then this probably isn't the story for you.

It obviously is of interest to a lot of other people though, as this article has been read hundreds of times and is our most popular of today.

All I will say is that if you need a second in command Simon. Look no further than Bobby Fisk. The man is a legend.

Simon Bull wrote:
I couldn't agree less with the comments above regarding the validity of this article as a snippet of local news. It doesn't matter where this happened, it's still worth reporting on.

However, I can offer a simple solution to GeoffR and others above who feel they have wasted their time clicking on this page. If you don't like something, don't read it. If Petts Wood stories and pools of blood on the pavement aren't of interest then this probably isn't the story for you.

It obviously is of interest to a lot of other people though, as this article has been read hundreds of times and is our most popular of today.

Maybe you need a rating system on the article then.

The headline is enticing. Mystery, Blood etc.

But how many people read the article and thought "Is that it?". If you allowed ratings of articles, maybe you would see that the article is just not up to standard. Its full of rumour and Weasel Words like "It is believed" and "is said" etc.

This is not quality journalism, its lady over the fence chat.

GeoffR has bought it back. 1-1

Geoff, it's called using the internet. We simply posted an article online shortly after something had happened, which newspapers do. It was to provide the admittedly sketchy details we had to anyone who was interested after walking or driving by the scene, while at the same time also seeking out any information people might have which would help us expand the story.
People don't tend to leave a lot of blood on the pavement unless there has been a nasty accident or a crime. We don't know what's happened yet so it's still a mystery.

Simon if you hear anything else please let mwknoq.
I'm interested to know what happened. Maybe somebody was stabbed?

GeoffR wrote:

Simon Bull wrote:
I couldn't agree less with the comments above regarding the validity of this article as a snippet of local news. It doesn't matter where this happened, it's still worth reporting on.

However, I can offer a simple solution to GeoffR and others above who feel they have wasted their time clicking on this page. If you don't like something, don't read it. If Petts Wood stories and pools of blood on the pavement aren't of interest then this probably isn't the story for you.

It obviously is of interest to a lot of other people though, as this article has been read hundreds of times and is our most popular of today.

Maybe you need a rating system on the article then.

The headline is enticing. Mystery, Blood etc.

But how many people read the article and thought "Is that it?". If you allowed ratings of articles, maybe you would see that the article is just not up to standard. Its full of rumour and Weasel Words like "It is believed" and "is said" etc.

This is not quality journalism, its lady over the fence chat.

Geoff my friend, please try to be more tolerant of the wishes of other people, while I will admit this is not the most enthralling story in history, it is however a story, when you read the Sun or Mirror I'm sure you don't find every single story completely fixating, so you skip over them, no one makes you read them, however, I might or someone else want to read those stories, so who are you to decide what I read and what I don't read. In order for you, and a handful of other sheep, to be happy Simon would have to e-mail you each and every story in order to get your thumbs up or thumbs down, that would make you a very important and powerful person, so here is a story you won't like...you ain't that important.

ksc wrote:

GeoffR wrote:

Simon Bull wrote:
I couldn't agree less with the comments above regarding the validity of this article as a snippet of local news. It doesn't matter where this happened, it's still worth reporting on.

However, I can offer a simple solution to GeoffR and others above who feel they have wasted their time clicking on this page. If you don't like something, don't read it. If Petts Wood stories and pools of blood on the pavement aren't of interest then this probably isn't the story for you.

It obviously is of interest to a lot of other people though, as this article has been read hundreds of times and is our most popular of today.

Maybe you need a rating system on the article then.

The headline is enticing. Mystery, Blood etc.

But how many people read the article and thought "Is that it?". If you allowed ratings of articles, maybe you would see that the article is just not up to standard. Its full of rumour and Weasel Words like "It is believed" and "is said" etc.

This is not quality journalism, its lady over the fence chat.

Geoff my friend, please try to be more tolerant of the wishes of other people, while I will admit this is not the most enthralling story in history, it is however a story, when you read the Sun or Mirror I'm sure you don't find every single story completely fixating, so you skip over them, no one makes you read them, however, I might or someone else want to read those stories, so who are you to decide what I read and what I don't read. In order for you, and a handful of other sheep, to be happy Simon would have to e-mail you each and every story in order to get your thumbs up or thumbs down, that would make you a very important and powerful person, so here is a story you won't like...you ain't that important.

"when you read the Sun or Mirror"

I don't read the Sun or The Mirror darling.

But my comments were mainly directed around the level of journalism and standards. Not whether the story was interesting. They are quite different.

GeoffR wrote:

ksc wrote:

GeoffR wrote:

Simon Bull wrote: I couldn't agree less with the comments above regarding the validity of this article as a snippet of local news. It doesn't matter where this happened, it's still worth reporting on. However, I can offer a simple solution to GeoffR and others above who feel they have wasted their time clicking on this page. If you don't like something, don't read it. If Petts Wood stories and pools of blood on the pavement aren't of interest then this probably isn't the story for you. It obviously is of interest to a lot of other people though, as this article has been read hundreds of times and is our most popular of today.

Maybe you need a rating system on the article then. The headline is enticing. Mystery, Blood etc. But how many people read the article and thought "Is that it?". If you allowed ratings of articles, maybe you would see that the article is just not up to standard. Its full of rumour and Weasel Words like "It is believed" and "is said" etc. This is not quality journalism, its lady over the fence chat.

Geoff my friend, please try to be more tolerant of the wishes of other people, while I will admit this is not the most enthralling story in history, it is however a story, when you read the Sun or Mirror I'm sure you don't find every single story completely fixating, so you skip over them, no one makes you read them, however, I might or someone else want to read those stories, so who are you to decide what I read and what I don't read. In order for you, and a handful of other sheep, to be happy Simon would have to e-mail you each and every story in order to get your thumbs up or thumbs down, that would make you a very important and powerful person, so here is a story you won't like...you ain't that important.

"when you read the Sun or Mirror" I don't read the Sun or The Mirror darling. But my comments were mainly directed around the level of journalism and standards. Not whether the story was interesting. They are quite different.

Now now kids, play nicely. Does it really matter whether you think it is worthy news or not? No. I often see things and think whats happend here. You probably spent more time writing your comments than reading the article.

And as the Petts Wood blood-trail mystery enters day 3, the public are still wondering, 'what happened'??

I heard that a member of the public was randomly targetted by some annoyed journalists. GeoffR can you confirm? . . . . Geoff? Are you there? Oh Sh...........

Obviously a quiet day in Orpington that day, nothing else to report. Call the council, they'll come and clean it up.