Nimrod crash in Afghanistan Tech/Info/Discussion (NOT condolences)

[phil gollin]

Originally Posted by GreenKnight121

Green Granite wrote: "had the MOD told the media that it was a Nimrod aircraft and then asked the media not to release that info until the next of kin had been informed, then the media would not have needed to speculate and would have just quoted the request."

No, the media would have immediately reported everything the MOD told them (claiming afterwords that "If we hadn't someone else would have") and then started asking "what are they trying to hide by asking us to withhold this info"!!!!!!!!!!!

The media are very used to working with "Press Embargos" for all sorts of information, from Company Reports through to new advertising campaigns. How do you think those "knowledgeable" reporters suddenly know everything about a new product or a companies record losses or profits within minutes of the news officially being released ?

I think the idea of getting the BBC and ITV reporters "on-side" and reporting things with inside information rather than keeping them in the relative dark would help both the services and the public, as well as earning "brownie points" with the media themselves. One reason given for NOT doing this is that all media outlets should be treated equally, but that just means the relatively good suffer for the sins of the slugs.