Doesn't speak much of the cop on of that PR person.
have you ever worked with folks in comms and PR?
lots of chancers in that game
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Doesn't speak much of the cop on of that PR person.
I don't think that OTB did anything wrong really.I mean, who knows?
You'd have thought OTB would have told them "We're going to be discussing this, this and this."
But it seems like they didn't?
Maybe Spar can't afford, or are too cheap for Terry Prone's crew.
She kind of is though. She's a champ and a wonderful example to youth, young girls and gay people. As nice as they come."Kellie Harrington is a lovely, charming person"
Dunno. Haven't listened.I don't think that OTB did anything wrong really.
Newstalk guy said he felt the tweet was incongruous with Spar's corporate values around community and inclusivity, so it seems fair game. Spar should have done their homework.Dunno. Haven't listened.
Seems like they ambushed her on a very hot topic she wasn't prepared for.
Newstalk guy said he felt the tweet was incongruous with Spar's corporate values around community and inclusivity, so it seems fair game. Spar should have done their homework.
I'm the opposite of you. I have heard it and haven't followed it on Twitter. She hasn't earned anything except a sports medal and a dose of opprobrium. Again, Spar should have looked twice at who they were hiring.Listen, he had himself covered for going after her. All the justifications he needed have been listed up and down on Twitter.
I just don’t know if it was necessary to do how he did, or even at all.
He had her in a gotcha and he went for it, with apparently no warning to her.
He gets to feel great that he’s challenged anti-immigrant feeling, his audience get to feel like they are fighting on the side of justice and all the rest of it. Seemed very happy with himself on Twitter this morning, like he’s journo of the year or something.
He could have handled it in any other number of ways. This is not Morning Ireland or The Late Debate or DriveTime.
It’s BantsTime.
I think she deserved better, I think she’s earned better.
I fully accept that I’m not in the majority on this and I do not expect to convince anyone of anything.
Just the amount of groupthink going on with this is astonishing to me.
When you think about it, spar are the true evil here.
I'd wonder would they do the same to the Irish rugby team this week, or if we didn't have a spare highly talented boxer who can still win things would they still have gone at it.
I also question the value of these media and/or Twitter gotcha moves. It's more about the profile /ego of those dealing out the judgement then it is about the issue at hand.
The IRFU can probably afford better media handlers
I'd wager that Spar have more money than the IRFU. For all the talk of "sport is big business" most premier league football clubs, as an economic entity are about the size of a Big Tesco store that's doing well in the UK.
I don’t have media training but I know not to spend five minutes in an interview not apologising for being racist on Twitter. You don’t media training to say that it was a mistake and that’s why she deleted the tweet and let’s face it, that would have made this story a lot less of a story. The fact she had a PR person in the room who could have written something down and handed it to her makes it all the more bizarre.The expectation of a young athelete to come with a 360 degree media-perfect fully formed view on everything is part on the public as much is as it is on the media.
No, fuck that. That’s the kind of thinking that sees people in power getting away with all sorts of shit. She’s done well in boxing (apparently, I’d never heard of her before this) which puts her in a privileged position but she went public with being racist. If it was a footballer would you be saying the same thing? Or the presenter himself? She was asked about it and she dug herself a hole by just squirming and saying that it was in October.I think she deserved better, I think she’s earned better.
I fully accept that I’m not in the majority on this and I do not expect to convince anyone of anything.
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