tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post3435650298273278826..comments2024-03-13T15:35:30.839+00:00Comments on Tabloid Watch: Churnalism: that's the way to do itMacGuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-65120374677914785452010-07-24T22:21:59.198+01:002010-07-24T22:21:59.198+01:00This is a real insight into how these type of stor...This is a real insight into how these type of stories enter the press. The PR company bags the publicity, the papers get stories that press the right buttons and facts are seemingly irrelevant.mr_wonderfulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-76122842824820008442010-07-24T10:19:25.947+01:002010-07-24T10:19:25.947+01:00Anoynmous (10.15) - Oddly enough, I saw part of a ...Anoynmous (10.15) - Oddly enough, I saw part of a Punch and Judy show at a family fun day just a week or so ago and it had Punch throwing the baby and beating Judy with a stick.MacGuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-22809776751207921942010-07-24T10:15:21.685+01:002010-07-24T10:15:21.685+01:00When was the last time anyone here actually watche...When was the last time anyone here actually watched a Punch and Judy show? <br /><br />I saw one last summer and it was most certainly watered down, free of any domestic violence save a few harsh words towards Judy. No beating up baby. No dead coppers shoved in the bin. He ended up in a two-way with some kind of monkey. <br /><br />Though its obviously nonsense that any kind of 'official' has issued an edict from the ministry of seaside entertainment, i find it entirely reasonable to assume that the 'Professor' might have felt the original story a bit extreme for the modern sensibilities of his audience, sensibilities which are indeed shaped by a culture of 'offense aversion'. <br /><br />Smoke = Fire = Raging inferno to the tabloids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-71090879895763812842010-07-23T19:36:22.557+01:002010-07-23T19:36:22.557+01:00Anonymous - I've got to agree with MacGuffin h...Anonymous - I've got to agree with MacGuffin here. If newspapers are going to make a claim that something's happened (in this case that Punch and Judy's been toned down), they need to provide evidence.<br /><br />MacGuffin points out that they don't provide any such evidence, and the PR firm's apparently unable to either. That doesn't *prove* it didn't happen, but it casts an awful lot of doubt on it when those who claim it did can't show any evidence at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-5529056490030101322010-07-23T18:31:42.239+01:002010-07-23T18:31:42.239+01:00Anonymous - Hard to prove a negative. So where is ...Anonymous - Hard to prove a negative. So where is there any actual evidence he has been forced to tone it down by 'PC officials' for this show?<br /><br />The person you refer to doesn't actually say the venue ordered the toning down. The spokesman quoted in the Belfast Telegraph denies putting any constraints on the show. <br /><br />And if you look at Mr Marvel's site, it's clear that this is his existing act. And is hitting with a mop rather than a stick really political correctness gone mad?<br /><br />Moreover, I checked the performer's website and I spoke to the PR folk. This is more research than either the Mail or Telegraph managed. And I'm not paid for it.MacGuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-27014166961327399002010-07-23T17:49:34.715+01:002010-07-23T17:49:34.715+01:00The article quotes someone from the venue saying t...The article quotes someone from the venue saying they have toned it down. Now, either the PR company made that quote up, or the venue authorised it hoping to paint themselves as the bad guy in this puppet shgow and see the punters roll in.<br /><br />Or, it is very possible in this case that the show was toned down. Theere's nothing anywhere to say they haven't forced it to be toned down.<br /><br />Its quite damning to the critque of the tabloids when the criticisers are also not checking the facts through and making assumptions. And I say that from a passionate hatred for these papers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com