Max Power Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Chris Robertshaw queries government support of Gef the Mongoose. I am a little uncomfortable with this, but maybe I'm being paranoid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 What’s your concern Max? Governments own PR efforts in the early days were so poor that they probably had to blow £10k to use a platform that actually seemed to be able to effectively communicate with the public in a measured and non condescending way. It was the fear spreading Facebook idiots they had to try to get onside and Gef the Mongy was probably the right platform for that as Karen on Facebook probably was also following that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 HQ felt pressured by the powerful questioning of Paul Moultan and Tim Glover that they paid Gef to come and throw some softballs. Hahaha. Wonder how much they gave business365? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 From 2018. Apparently link below turned out a publicity stunt to get the Government's favoured and financed some publicity. And put Isle of Man Newspapers where they think is their place (outside in the cold). A few comments to read too: http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=39180&headline=Watterson%20bans%20press%20from%20LegCo%20election§ionIs=news&searchyear=2018 http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=39294&headline=MLCs%20to%20usher%20in%20new%20era%20of%20gender%20equality§ionIs=news&searchyear=2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Pressured by the powerful questioning from Paul Moulton....do me a favour.....he made a laughing stock of himself, and Tim Glover was not much better, a bigger pair of plonkers you would be hard pressed to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, thesultanofsheight said: What’s your concern Max? Governments own PR efforts in the early days were so poor that they probably had to blow £10k to use a platform that actually seemed to be able to effectively communicate with the public in a measured and non condescending way. It was the fear spreading Facebook idiots they had to try to get onside and Gef the Mongy was probably the right platform for that as Karen on Facebook probably was also following that as well. I think my concern is them paying a news outlet to release prepared bulletins without their own scrutiny and opinions. They cease to become news media and become a government trumpet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 I pointed this out about a fortnight ago. Note that they are doing their usual thing of only answering part of the question (ie payment for some sponsored articles) rather than advertising or other forms of support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, gettafa said: A few comments to read too: Largely by some idiot called Neil Dean it would appear who seemed to have a lot to say about nothing. I’d bet they were worried about the absolute wild fire of fake news spreading on Facebook and Gef was an effective way to get to that Facebook audience. It probably wasn’t a bad call. Who wanted to hear Tim Glover angrily say anything about anything at that time? But I’m sure a lot of Facebook idiots read a Mongy Gef article and bought an “Ashy” t-shirt in adulation of our health ‘leader’! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: I pointed this out about a fortnight ago. Note that they are doing their usual thing of only answering part of the question (ie payment for some sponsored articles) rather than advertising or other forms of support. Thanks Roger, you certainly did, and I couldn't find this in a search for old Gef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 7 minutes ago, Max Power said: I think my concern is them paying a news outlet to release prepared bulletins without their own scrutiny and opinions. They cease to become news media and become a government trumpet. Don’t we pay Manx Radio £800,000 a year to do the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, hissingsid said: Pressured by the powerful questioning from Paul Moulton....do me a favour.....he made a laughing stock of himself, and Tim Glover was not much better, a bigger pair of plonkers you would be hard pressed to find. Err... woosh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 Just now, thesultanofsheight said: Don’t we pay Manx Radio £800,000 a year to do the same? Similarly yes, but at least they report and use live announcements which people can make up their own minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Gef the Mongoose is written by morons (or if you prefer, ‘credulous juveniles’, the term I used last week) for morons, as that ‘Howie and Ashy’ cringefest ably demonstrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Max Power said: Similarly yes, but at least they report and use live announcements which people can make up their own minds. It’s just different audiences I’d guess. To reach the brainless Facebook wildfire spreaders they probably made an ok call to use Mongy Gef as a platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 I have really become pissed off with the quality of our local news people. On the Thursday briefing, typically Howard would say testing is pointless on arrival because of the delay in incubation. Then each great reporter will ask why we can't just test on arrival. GRR!, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.