Press releases from the ARU Media Unit

[Rob42]

This is another gem: 61 words without a full stop- excellent work!

My year 5 teacher would have throttled this author for their use of the word "got". Never acceptable.

 

[The Red Baron]

Truly painful. So many ideas squashed into a single sentence, and so many superfluous words.

 

[Cat_A]

That's what I find so amazing - 61 words, 2 commas, 4 half-baked ideas, and the sentence says a grand total of nothing...!

 

[Braveheart81]

Surely there was meant to be a full stop before Coach Paul Carozza and they just forgot it.

Even if with that little correction which splits it to two sentences, it is still terrible.

 

[The Red Baron]

So they lack skills with both the written word and proof-reading!

 

[Braveheart81]

So they lack skills with both the written word and proof-reading!

So the same unpaid intern isn't very good at either of his jobs.

Don't be so harsh on the kid.

 

[The Red Baron]

I suppose you are right. I would also bet that the unpaid intern is a foreign exchange student, with English as his/her second language. I know I tend to use strange sentence constructions when I write in Indonesian!

 

[Inside Shoulder]

This is another gem: 61 words without a full stop- excellent work!

How do you instill something into a program?
You instill something into those participating in the program.
They should just put the words into a hat and pull them out and print them in that order.

 

[lincoln]

The 'that' before "they" is superfluous. One of the most overused words.

 

[Lindommer]

MMmmm? If I was marking him I'd say "could do better". Only 61?

 

[BPC]

I suppose you are right. I would also bet that the unpaid intern is a foreign exchange student, with English as his/her second language. I know I tend to use strange sentence constructions when I write in Indonesian!

Possibly it has been outsourced to India or the Phillipines to keep the marketing budget below the paperclip budget.

 

[Braveheart81]

You guys are going to get an angry letter from the ARU Media Unit very soon. The intern is typing it up now and he's not happy.

 

[Inside Shoulder]

You guys are going to get an angry letter from the ARU Media Unit very soon. The intern is typing it up now and he's not happy.

Keep typing sunshine - lets see if that theory about shakespeare, a monkey and a typewriter is true

 

[lincoln]

1. My concern with Bill Pulver's appointment was his apparent lack of extensive experience with the media.
2. That they continue to release (or pre-release) crap PR's under his watch heightens my concern.
3. Can someone who knows Bill please email him this thread.
4. It would not be hard to contract an editor on a piece basis (Cat_A for instance).

Now fixed

 

[The Red Baron]

You guys are going to get an angry letter from the ARU Media Unit very soon. The intern is typing it up now and he's not happy.

So I guess it is too late to attempt to placate him with bananas?

 

[Slim 293]

Whoopsie.........

A technical glitch was supposedly responsible for the posting of confirmation by the Australian Rugby Union that Nick Phipps had signed with NSW for the next two seasons before the governing body and the Waratahs were ready to announce it.​

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In an embarrassing gaffe for the ARU, it posted a press release that trumpeted the Melbourne Rebels half-back would be staying in Australia and taking up a deal with the Waratahs for 2014 and 2015. It was removed from its website, although an inactive link could still be found, by using an internet search, late Tuesday afternoon.​

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Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/speculation-over-phipps-going-to-waratahs-20130312-2fym4.html#ixzz2NL8cqWqE​

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[Inside Shoulder]

1. My concern with Bill Pulver's appointment was his apparent lack of extensive experience with the media.
2. That they continue to release crap PR's under his watch heightens my concern.
3. Can someone who knows Bill please email him this thread.
4. It would not be hard to contract an editor on a piece basis (Cat_A for instance).

You mean like m j hawker or someone?


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[lincoln]

You guys are going to get an angry letter from the ARU Media Unit very soon. The intern is typing it up now and he's not happy.

About to hit the send button on the Phipps' release?

 

[Braveheart81]

About to hit the send button on the Phipps' release?

That's a different intern who sent it out by accident. The chimp is only responsible for typing it.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

^^^^ That is A Cat, but not Cat_A.