The RN are ALWAYS streets ahead of the RAF in publicity terms. If a local rag or TV station rings the Navy, locally the stops are pulled out and before you know it the Navy is splashed all over the media AGAIN.
Then the RAF had this dumb idea that if a unit/station/etc was approached by the media, you had to info HQSTC who would take over and treat the whole thing like a top class production, assigning a Cmd PRO to the station to supervise the whole deal. One Staish I served with told STC where to stick it and gave a local TV station access and a flight, which he personally authorised. Got good publicity. He was called down to see the CinC for a no-coffee chat.
It makes you want to tear your hair out...
But I have to agree that the Navy News beats the RAF news hands down. And the unforgivable mistakes that that paper makes, makes you want to spit.
It really needs to get its act together and at least have it proof-read by someone in light blue.
