An Focal's main rival publication, The Thomond Interferer, has sacked more than a dozen reporters following claims of "insufficient bias" and "balanced, hysteria-free" reporting on its flagship website. The Interferer has a long reputation for hysterical, over-the-top reporting on a wide range of issues from Students' Union mistakes to Students' Union errors. The online paper regards this standard of reporting as key to its continued appeal to its core audience, which mainly consists of people who think they're more informed then they are, people who accidentally clicked the wrong link and overreacting sabbatical officers.
Interferer editor Clare Lee Overboard had this to say: "We at the Thomond Interferer pride ourselves at providing our readers with the most up to date Students' Union outrages as they happen. No event is so inconsequential to escape the attention of our editorial desk! If something happens on this campus, we guarantee that both our readers will think someone has been killed by Paddy Rockett using SU property within fifteen hours!"
In response to Ms Overboard, An Focal editor Kelly O'Brien said: "This is absolutely typical of the Interferer's low quality of reporting. An Focal delivers only the best quality, ULSU approved whitewash, and all three of our readers know that."
The annual An Focal/Thomond Interferer big fat liar competition has been arranged for Friday, Week 10.
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