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Lou Girardin
1st June 2006, 16:54
The Brigadier in charge of Aust forces in Timor was asked by an Aust TV frontbimbo whether it was still dangerous in Dili. He was shown with heavily armed troops around him.
He said that he actually felt quite safe, and not just because of the troops the TV crew had arranged to be with him.
Sprung!
He was then asked to comment on footage of rioters in the streets, he said the the footage was two days old. Things were calmer now.
Big Dave
1st June 2006, 17:00
The Brigadier in charge of Aust forces in Timor was asked by an Aust TV frontbimbo whether it was still dangerous in Dili. He was shown with heavily armed troops around him.
He said that he actually felt quite safe, and not just because of the troops the TV crew had arranged to be with him.
Sprung!
He was then asked to comment on footage of rioters in the streets, he said the the footage was two days old. Things were calmer now.


So? sorry - don't get your point.
Lou Girardin
1st June 2006, 17:01
So? sorry - don't get your point.

The point is that it was stage managed, the crew set up the shots and made out it was current.
Danger is sexy, makes for big ratings.
Big Dave
1st June 2006, 17:04
The point is that it was stage managed, the crew set up the shots and made out it was current.
Danger is sexy, makes for big ratings.

I see,
Yeah - it's why i don't watch it.

Detroit beat Miami to go 2-3.
Karma
1st June 2006, 17:05
Danger is sexy...

I'd rather spend the night in Dili than Dovers house... Maurice gives me nightmares...
The_Dover
1st June 2006, 17:07
Stop coming over and asking him for sexual favours then.

Shit man, we've moved 3 times in the last 3 months and you still find us. Must be that Telecom insider knowledge.

They're a cunning bunch.
Karma
1st June 2006, 17:25
Yeh man... just do a search for the most porn downloaded on one connection and bingo... I've got your address..
Phurrball
1st June 2006, 17:26
No TV at home. Is harder to stage manage radio interviews!

(Not that people don't try...I work at a PR company, praking clients' cages, the spin machine I witness is impressive in its scope and persistence.)
Big Dave
1st June 2006, 17:30
I work at a PR company,


That makes you reasonably unique.
Edbear
1st June 2006, 17:31
It's all about ratings Dahlink!! I watch the news with a side dish of cynisism, (sp)!:yes:
Phurrball
1st June 2006, 17:38
Cynicism is healthy.

Take a subject you are well informed on, look at the errors that creep into media coverage of it...then extrapolate similar errors into stories about all other areas...then apply the cynicism you've just cultivated to everything in the media.

Unique BD? Nyeh - I just watch the spin from the sidelines...interesting in an odd way.
James Deuce
1st June 2006, 17:43
Phurball, I think the emphasis in BD's comment was WORKING at a PR firm.
GR81
1st June 2006, 17:48
Detroit beat Miami to go 2-3.
and NHL East is going to game 7
w00t :)
Phurrball
1st June 2006, 17:50
Phurball, I think the operand BD was referring to was WORKING at a PR firm.


Got it now (doh) There's 'work' done alright (by more than just my general-dogsbody-self) - but it does all seem self-justifying.

'Tis that time of year when studenty types keep funny hours and suspend normal reality for the furious cram. I blame that (in part) for overloaded neurones failing to connect with BD's witticism. Goddam wireless net access letting KB distract me from the final opinion I'm *trying* to write. Feck!
Big Dave
1st June 2006, 18:11
Yeah - just a gag - but FWIW - I think carrying bricks is work.
Publishing houses, art departments and PR gigs are some of life's pleasures.
Phurrball
1st June 2006, 18:22
True BD - Your definition of work is more what James Watt had in mind - actual conversion of joules into something [useful] in a physical sense.

I get do some work as the token male - I get to do things like unjam the shredder, and fix things that the landlord hasn't got around to doing. Not a bad gig for the most part (for me) - but the spin doctors do seem to suffer terrible stress at times. Bugger that.
riffer
1st June 2006, 21:24
Yeah - just a gag - but FWIW - I think carrying bricks is work.
Publishing houses, art departments and PR gigs are some of life's pleasures.

Right ... so the next time I'm briefing in the 18th set of revisions to artwork which was previously signed off as finished art I will remind myself that this is one of life's pleasures...

actually, the 24 hour a day open bar at work is one of life's pleasures. And when it runs out you just complain to the office manager and they fill it up again...

And yes its true - PR people don't work for a living. Not like production studios.
Big Dave
1st June 2006, 22:33
Right ... so the next time I'm briefing in the 18th set of revisions to artwork which was previously signed off as finished art I will remind myself that this is one of life's pleasures...

actually, the 24 hour a day open bar at work is one of life's pleasures. And when it runs out you just complain to the office manager and they fill it up again...

And yes its true - PR people don't work for a living. Not like production studios.


Last time I was art director at a big studio they all used to ask - how do you remain so calm dave?
I used to say what? It's only magazines - nobody dies?!?!
Then I'd tell them the Drazen Petrovic story.