Comments on: Tell all … or take that! http://www.prmatters.co.nz/tell-all-%e2%80%a6-or-take-that/ fresh thinking - influential communication Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:56:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/tell-all-%e2%80%a6-or-take-that/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Paul Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:18 +0000 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=125#comment-188 Regrettably media reports often thrive on only one side of the story being presented, and it can be extraordinarily difficult correct the balance. Minister Bennett has done so very dramatically in this case. These campaigners for the Training Incentive Allowance had valid points to make, but there messages were also wrapped in their seeming claims of penury and poor families. They may not have intended this, but it was how their issue was presented to us – emotionally charged. Bennett’s take no prisoner approach has seen off their challenge, but in so doing created another issue. Now the National Government will be required to measure up to the tell-all standard being set by one of their own Ministers. This may well turn out to be an Albatross. Regrettably media reports often thrive on only one side of the story being presented, and it can be extraordinarily difficult correct the balance.
Minister Bennett has done so very dramatically in this case. These campaigners for the Training Incentive Allowance had valid points to make, but there messages were also wrapped in their seeming claims of penury and poor families. They may not have intended this, but it was how their issue was presented to us – emotionally charged. Bennett’s take no prisoner approach has seen off their challenge, but in so doing created another issue.

Now the National Government will be required to measure up to the tell-all standard being set by one of their own Ministers. This may well turn out to be an Albatross.

]]> By: Stop being so 'PC' http://www.prmatters.co.nz/tell-all-%e2%80%a6-or-take-that/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Stop being so 'PC' Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:30:49 +0000 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=125#comment-187 Get hard NZ; I'm sick of the bleeding-heart overly PC cr@p. They get free money from the Government, and they’re complaining about it publicly, so surely we the public should at least know how much they’re complaining about here? where's the common sense otherwise? If these ladies aren't getting enough money to live, then surely the amounts revealed should be easily justified. revealing the amount they get, if it truly isn’t enough, shouldn’t be any hindrance on their argument at all. simply all they'd have to do is breakdown their costs per week to the media, where THEY put themselves into the limelight lets not forget, and voila, NZ would be on side. the fact that this doesn't seem to have happened, makes me pretty sceptical about the ladies argument. and I’m certainly not prepared to swallow that we just throw money at people to stop them complaining. Bottom line: if you put yourself into the media light, the dirt will be revealed, one way or another... Get hard NZ; I’m sick of the bleeding-heart overly PC cr@p. They get free money from the Government, and they’re complaining about it publicly, so surely we the public should at least know how much they’re complaining about here? where’s the common sense otherwise?

If these ladies aren’t getting enough money to live, then surely the amounts revealed should be easily justified. revealing the amount they get, if it truly isn’t enough, shouldn’t be any hindrance on their argument at all. simply all they’d have to do is breakdown their costs per week to the media, where THEY put themselves into the limelight lets not forget, and voila, NZ would be on side. the fact that this doesn’t seem to have happened, makes me pretty sceptical about the ladies argument. and I’m certainly not prepared to swallow that we just throw money at people to stop them complaining.

Bottom line: if you put yourself into the media light, the dirt will be revealed, one way or another…

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