Obscure Box
Thoughts from inside the Obscure Box
August 4, 2009
Why using a quote from a media release has its dangers
Too often these days you call an organisation looking to speak to someone for a story only to be told you’ll be sent a media release.
Sometimes the protesting works and you get to speak to a human being, sometimes it doesn’t and you are left with a statement that claims to be the words of [...]
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August 4, 2009
What a difference a sic makes
The ABC’s Media Watch television show is always keen to highlight the blunders of the media, so nice to be able to return the compliment.
Last night’s episode on ABC1 brought the ABC audience up-to-speed with the rest in its coverage of the Kyle Sandilands saga – the shock jock who’s sparked outrage by a rape [...]
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