Archive for October, 2008

Screaming press releases!!!!!!

By admin ⋅ October 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Most journalists have a love/hate relationship with public relations companies and press releases. Here’s why:
You’re on deadline for a story. The phone rings. You pick it up hoping that it’s the person you’ve been stalking all day for a quote. The editor looks at you sternly and taps his watch. The person on the end [...]

Toxic tips from D’Oh School of Economics

By admin ⋅ October 3, 2008 ⋅ One comment

BREAKING NEWS: Homer Simpson has been operating the controls of the international financial system for the last several years. Mr Simpson, normally the animated nuclear safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Plant, is known to spend much of his time eating doughnuts, spilling coffee on the control panels and falling asleep.
Financial watchdogs from America to [...]

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