Bad press?

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

(another former member of the media here - 5 years reporting and a B.S. in Journalism)

These are all good points. Reporters (and more importantly, editors), are going to publish the stories that people want to read. A hazing death or anything that involves the police will get more inches on a page than, as adpiucf said, a bake sale or most philanthropy events. Unfortunately, bombarding papers with press releases isn't always going to work, either. It's not always going to balance out the way it should.

It's not fair to the Greek system, but that's the way journalism works. If your org has done something big (raised a lot of money, done something great working with children, etc.), then by all means get the word out about it. However, also be ready for the fact that the bad news is still going to get published, for the reasons outlined (reading police reports, etc.).

This doesn't mean that the media only wants bad news. It means it wants to publish the news that will affect the greatest number of people in some way, and thus get the readers.

That is what is so sad though is that the public would rather see and wail about bad news than see good news and feel good.

Because of the noterity l of what Greeks do, We are always targets and it is called stupidity on Our parts isnt it?

We are a supposed elite group fo persons and then do totally stupid things that make the news and it reflects upon all of us.

[valkyrie]

Can someone with media experience explain how a story about a lacrosse team's bad experience renting a house is newsworthy?

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

Can someone with media experience explain how a story about a lacrosse team's bad experience renting a house is newsworthy?

No, but I can tell you how a story of a lacross team's bad experience renting something else is newsworthy.


Ok, she left it wide open...it had to be said.

[tunatartare]

wide open mind you

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

No, but I can tell you how a story of a lacross team's bad experience renting something else is newsworthy.


Ok, she left it wide open...it had to be said.

LMAO

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

Can someone with media experience explain how a story about a lacrosse team's bad experience renting a house is newsworthy?

Don't know, unless the team was a national team. Even then, I didn't think either of the stories were that well-written. It must have been an extremely slow news day.

[valkyrie]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Don't know, unless the team was a national team. Even then, I didn't think either of the stories were that well-written. It must have been an extremely slow news day.

Exactly. So blueangel's statement "If you don't want bad press about your fraternity or sorority, don't break the law" isn't necessarily true, because someone somewhere will write a negative story about fraternities or sororities anyway -- as we see in the article here.

The story speaks more to the stupidity of the lacrosse team than anything else. If you rent a house you've never seen (in person or even a photo) expecting it to be a certain way because of what's in the movies, I can't imagine how anybody should be expected to give a rat's ass when you get a dump.

[RACooper]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

Exactly. So blueangel's statement "If you don't want bad press about your fraternity or sorority, don't break the law" isn't necessarily true, because someone somewhere will write a negative story about fraternities or sororities anyway -- as we see in the article here.

The story speaks more to the stupidity of the lacrosse team than anything else. If you rent a house you've never seen (in person or even a photo) expecting it to be a certain way because of what's in the movies, I can't imagine how anybody should be expected to give a rat's ass when you get a dump.

Or if you rent a house whose upkeep is restricted by both the annual budget of the active chapter... and the expoitive bylaws of the local community (this is the biggie... if they rent) - then hey suddenly you've conviently, somehow, gotten more fuel for the "students are bad", "educated people ain't all that smart", and "us right thinking townies have always been right" attitude.... now golly gee how did that happen?

[RACooper]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

Can someone with media experience explain how a story about a lacrosse team's bad experience renting a house is newsworthy?

I guess you'd have to understand the mentality of the London Free Press... right picture a paper that disaproves of everything that doesn't go on in a seniors residence or that doesn't support a "traditional agenda" (think Norman Rockwell) and you essentially have the paper's thrust over the last decade and a half.

They have attacked pretty much everyone and everything that doesn't fit into their small little world of the Rockwellian painting - they don't bother to look any deeper than the surface, nor do they try to acknowledge that there might be other views or even realities... think of a paper run by Rumsfeld, with his "golly gees" and such as a journalistic medium,

[adpiucf]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

We are a supposed elite group fo persons and then do totally stupid things that make the news and it reflects upon all of us.

Elite, no. Exclusive, yes. The majority of active members: ages 18-23. You do the math on the scale of stupid decision making that goes on outside the organization's guidelines.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

Elite, no. Exclusive, yes. The majority of active members: ages 18-23. You do the math on the scale of stupid decision making that goes on outside the organization's guidelines.

I stand Corrected!

But, I think You know what I ment!

I am not sure, but aren't most GLO Members, well except for The South more open to P Members?