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Grex > Coop6 > #12: The Observer bashing item for Coop 6 | |
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popcorn
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response 25 of 35:
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Sep 30 02:55 UTC 1994 |
Dunno that we *have* sent out press kits. That would be a good idea, though.
Last I checked, publicity efforts were on the back burner because we were
getting new users so quickly that we were having trouble coping with the
deluge.
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carson
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response 26 of 35:
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Sep 30 04:08 UTC 1994 |
re Observer article: just occurred to me that we could draft a letter to the
editor of the AA News.
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rcurl
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response 27 of 35:
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Sep 30 06:56 UTC 1994 |
The moral is, never speak extemporaneously to a reporter. A grexer did,
responded to some leading questions, and it all got used to create an
enormous falsehood. What everyone needs is a *contract* form, which
you ask reporters to sign before agreeing to talk with them, which
allows you full control over the final story. Publish the form in the
newspaper, so everyone has copies readily at hand. (I'm starting to
enjoy the thought.....)
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steve
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response 28 of 35:
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Sep 30 17:10 UTC 1994 |
Except then no one would talke to us, Rane. I'd can't imagine
any reported signing that.
My experiense with reporter types is that you never know what in
blazes ther're going to do. I've prepared little papers for them
on things (usually computer related teaching stuff) and sometimes
they've used it, sometimes not. It seems completely will 'o the wisp.
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kentn
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response 29 of 35:
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Sep 30 18:08 UTC 1994 |
Perhaps there should be *one* Grex media contact person who can
judge whether the reporter should be talking to other Grex staffers
or board members. Obviously, it's a free country, Grex can't enforce
any sort of gag order on its users. But, educating the staff and
board on what to do if they are contacted by the media might help
(e.g., refer reporter to Publicity Committee chair).
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rcurl
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response 30 of 35:
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Oct 1 06:36 UTC 1994 |
Re #28: ah, but Steve, *everyone* would have the form, clipped from
the newspaper, so if *everyone* asked that it be signed, reporters wojuld
have no choice but to do so (and then, "news" would get very much more
accurate - and very much less agitating).
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carson
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response 31 of 35:
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Oct 1 08:57 UTC 1994 |
...and less free...
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scg
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response 32 of 35:
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Oct 1 14:12 UTC 1994 |
I doubt it would improve the quality of coverage at all. What it would do
is make is impossible to write a critical article. Besides, if somebody
is being investigated for something, it looks very bad for a newspaper to
say that they wouldn't comment on it unless they could censor the article.
Anybody who used it would come out sounding much worse than they would
have already. Then there is the practical matter. A good reporter will
try to get both sides of a story, and if each person quoted has the right
to censor everybody they don't agree with, the article could end up
absolutely empty.
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steve
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response 33 of 35:
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Oct 1 14:37 UTC 1994 |
We might have the oppurtunity to talk to an Ann Arbor Observer person
here, soon. One of them got on a couple of weeks ago, and they called me
for help. AFter talking with them once they went away for a while, but
now I see that person back. I've sent them mail, and we've exchanged
some letters. I now see that that person has gotten into conferencing,
so I am hoping I can guide them into coop at some point.
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popcorn
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response 34 of 35:
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Oct 2 19:03 UTC 1994 |
Cool! I'd really like to see Grex and the Observer end up with a
healthy relationship. I think the relationship would be good for
both entities.
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tsty
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response 35 of 35:
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Oct 5 07:25 UTC 1994 |
guess I should have sent a print-out of the conference items/thoughts.
Wonder if the vocabulary would set them back a bit.
What it also sounds like is that the Observer is using Underwood
typewriters, still.
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