I Couldn't Get Arrested...Or Could I?
We who run radio stations are a terribly shallow lot. Take this week's about former MSP Tommy Sheridan. While most people are interested in the legal aspects of the case, I couldn't help notice that he was arrested while leaving the Edinburgh radio station where he now works as a presenter.
The subsequent news coverage gave acres of free publicity to the station itself.
Curses!
And then, yesterday, this big fuss about 大象传媒 Radio 1 of the Pogues song Fairytale of New York. Never mind the merits of the decision and the subsequent u-turn....just look at all that publicity!
So desperate times call for desperate measures. I've decided to ban the song on the grounds that it contains negative stereotypes about Scotish people.
Next I have to arrange for one of our presenters to be bundled into the back of a police car. A simple call to Crimestoppers should do the trick.
Now...who should I grass up?
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