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Originally Posted by andygrif
But isn't that the point? now they've heard of fathers for justice - but do they then go away and study what the message is? No. People want information spoon fed to them - and the media is not reporting one single thing about F4J's message - therefore the people don't know. Plus, like I said, if the vast majority of people really do think yesterday's stunt was stupid, then they will not go and find out.
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That is simply not true! You say you work in the media; well, so do I. I was a journalist for three years and now I work in the coroporate comms office of a hotel company. So I know a thing or two about how news editors like to report major events, and how spin doctors try to get their messages in print.
I am also sitting next to a great big pile of today's papers, so I can say for a fact that the Times, the Independent and the Telegraph (the only ones I've had time to flip through today) all carry, as part of their extensive reporting on yesterday's events, a panel explaining what F4J is campaigning about. The Telegraph is the most complete in this respect. I have no doubt that many of the other national papers have similar reports. When major events unfold, newspapers like to give them extensive coverage. They block out two or more pages and then start wondering how to fill them. It is inevitable, therefore, that some analysis of
why an event has happened will end up on the page. I just don't recognise your analysis of how newspapers function in this regard.
On a separate note -who is castigating you? Have you had any PMs or a red rep? I don't see any severe tongue lashing going on in this discussion, just an animated and interesting exchange of views.
EDIT: I've just come across this at BBC online:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3728753.stm
It looks very much like a report on F4J's message to me.