Wed 23 July 2008 - Missing the mark
There are times when your comments go through the sausage factory that is the modern media machine, and come out elegantly encapsulating the issue, raising legitimate concerns, and capturing public opinion.
And then there are times like these:
But Public Transport Users Association president Daniel Bowen said most peak hour commuters wouldn’t see the new [seat] covers, “because other people will be sitting on them”. — Herald Sun 23/7/2008
Blargh. In the context it came out, it’s something of a meaningless, pointless comment — the overall tone of the conversation was that the new seat covers and other changes are relatively minor, but worthwhile.
Oh well, that’s the way it goes.
PS. Seems some nameless faceless subeditor somewhere made a boo boo. Not to worry… at least it’s got a few laughs around the place.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:07am
hahaha! poor Daniel. I think they just put that on the end of the article to make people laugh.
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:09pm
I read that today. Didn’t laugh. I smirked…because the out of context statement is not inaccurate.
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:51pm
Oh dear. Many spelling boo-boo’s at the Hun of late,too, standards have slipped all over that shop!