Answering a question you haven’t been asked
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Stay in Bed Instead said:
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Gove's EQ measurement? (Average is 75)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy_quotient
MikeT66 said:
Stay in Bed Instead said:
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Gove's EQ measurement? (Average is 75)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy_quotient
I have had quite a bit of media training in the last 12 months, by established tv, radio and print journalists.
It’s eye opening, you absolutely have to stick to the message you need to get across otherwise they will take you apart. Very simple words and phrases can take you off track and then the traps open. The hardest is face to face tv then face to face radio, but even “down the line” can be very tricky.
I rapidly understood why politicians are like they on interviews.
Gove is still a weasely little oik though. IMO
It’s eye opening, you absolutely have to stick to the message you need to get across otherwise they will take you apart. Very simple words and phrases can take you off track and then the traps open. The hardest is face to face tv then face to face radio, but even “down the line” can be very tricky.
I rapidly understood why politicians are like they on interviews.
Gove is still a weasely little oik though. IMO
blueg33 said:
I have had quite a bit of media training in the last 12 months, by established tv, radio and print journalists.
It’s eye opening, you absolutely have to stick to the message you need to get across otherwise they will take you apart. Very simple words and phrases can take you off track and then the traps open. The hardest is face to face tv then face to face radio, but even “down the line” can be very tricky.
I rapidly understood why politicians are like they on interviews.
Gove is still a weasely little oik though. IMO
I think you learn more when the interviewer isn't trying to show how much cleverer than their subject they are. It’s eye opening, you absolutely have to stick to the message you need to get across otherwise they will take you apart. Very simple words and phrases can take you off track and then the traps open. The hardest is face to face tv then face to face radio, but even “down the line” can be very tricky.
I rapidly understood why politicians are like they on interviews.
Gove is still a weasely little oik though. IMO
... if you have nothing to say, say nothing. But better, have something to say and say it, no matter what they ask. Pay no attention to the question, make your own statement. If they ask you the same question again, you just say, 'That's not the question' or 'I think the more important question is this:' Then you make another statement of your own. Easy-peasy.
- Sir Humphrey Appleby, "Yes Prime Minister".
- Sir Humphrey Appleby, "Yes Prime Minister".
blueg33 said:
Gove is still a weasely little oik though. IMO
My opinion of Gove was damaged even more than any of the other politicians and hangers on involved in the Cummings Barnard Castle debacle. When I see him interviewed about anything at all now, all I can see is him being asked whether he has ever driven sixty miles in order to test his eyesight, and answering "I have, on occasions, in the past . . ." before even he realised how ridiculous this sounded.
A politician who will literally say anything that he thinks serves his ends. (and I appreciate that this is a pretty standard trait)
Exige77 said:
In the era of gotcha journalism, they are not looking for the truth but to get something sensational, be it super good or super bad.
The sound bite conquers all.
That is so trueThe sound bite conquers all.
An example from my training
Journalist "i hear that you have problems with build quality"
Me "We dont have problems with build quality we do x, y, z"
Headline - Developer Says they Have no problems with build quality"
which reads to the audience as "they have problems with build quality"
blueg33 said:
That is so true
An example from my training
Journalist "i hear that you have problems with build quality"
Me "We dont have problems with build quality we do x, y, z"
Headline - Developer Says they Have no problems with build quality"
which reads to the audience as "they have problems with build quality"
Is this why have interviews like the Ed Milliband one?An example from my training
Journalist "i hear that you have problems with build quality"
Me "We dont have problems with build quality we do x, y, z"
Headline - Developer Says they Have no problems with build quality"
which reads to the audience as "they have problems with build quality"
https://youtu.be/lRHZOL9O0UQ
Donald Trump seems to have it down better. Just completely ignore reality and do it loudly.
blueg33 said:
anonymous said:
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The secret is don't use words from the question back.Say "We have 100 year guarantee on our homes with the accreditation of quality put in place by an independent body"
Headline then reads "100 year guarantee on new homes"
I was only mentioning the Cathy Newman-Jordan Peterson interview where she did an //ajd on him!
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