tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post7948974365028423010..comments2023-05-27T12:03:28.241+01:00Comments on Five Chinese Crackers: Churnalism? We so totally don't do that.Five Chinese Crackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-82858147246761962822011-02-24T18:49:22.253+00:002011-02-24T18:49:22.253+00:00I recall M&S reduced the size of its till rece...I recall M&S reduced the size of its till receipts a few years ago and put it out as a greenwash press release. The Guardian swallowed it whole, not even seeking comment from FoE or anyone. So let's not pretend empty-headed cut and paste is the unique province of the gutter press.Yakoubhttp://www.steampunkshariah.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-39651509322984316612011-02-24T15:28:47.944+00:002011-02-24T15:28:47.944+00:00I'm assuming you've read Flat Earth News -...I'm assuming you've read Flat Earth News - the distressing thing is, the DM is the least likely paper to fall for churnalism, because it's the only paper that still has an editorial budget (NoTW and Grauniad excepted, because of various exceptionalisms).<br /><br />When I was a PR whore, I had PR published verbatim in the Indy, Times, Mirror, Metro and Express. I had it published after a 10-second phone call in the Sun.<br /><br />OTOH, I had a 10-minute phone call with the Mail, during which I managed to avoid saying anything too Mail-ish ("would you suggest the fact that people in the UK are eating less chocolate and more traditional sugary sweets shows that they're embracing traditional values?" - "No, I'm absolutely not saying that, and I record all my phone calls to journalists"), which culminated in nothing being published.<br /><br />The DM is the DM because it knows exactly what it wants to be and has the editorial budget to do so. All the other papers are just desperate. In many ways, that's even more depressing than if everyone was just desperate...john bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784096180652522939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-40134116841084435132011-02-24T15:19:25.627+00:002011-02-24T15:19:25.627+00:00You spelled churnalism wrong in the link near the...You spelled churnalism wrong in the link near the 3ns, so the link doesn't work.<br /><br />Otherwise great post! This will be a great tool in press monitoringness.Chain Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183595353121477835noreply@blogger.com