I mean sure, but the joke undercuts the message a bit and makes him sound ill informed. It’s like being anti war and saying “If you’re thinking about joining the US military, I will pay you to join Russia instead.”
I didn’t say it was a big deal. But the joke doesn’t make sense and is therefore not a good joke. It’s just not a good look when the first thing you see in an article is a contradiction. These people need media coaching.
It’s a perfectly fine joke. They are protesting Wendy’s actively at the moment and not McDonald’s. The guy didn’t do a research project before his quip, who cares. You are saying there is an issue here when there isn’t one, at all.
A research project? It would’ve taken a single Google search to find an appropriate restaurant to name. Just because you’re apathetic and lazy, doesn’t mean everyone else has to be or has to excuse it. And a lot of people who read that article are going to point it out. If you look misinformed, people aren’t going to take you seriously. It harms the cause, whether it should or not. That’s why media training is necessary. It’s not a “perfectly fine” joke.
Well I have experience in marketing and PR, and I’m guessing you do not. It’s not a good thing that it was printed. Again I already said it wasn’t a huge deal, but it shouldn’t have been said. The main reason there won’t be an issue is because no one reads rabble.
You’re really underestimating the bullshit people will latch onto (consciously or not) in order to discredit an activist or cause.
“If you are going into Wendy’s I will pay for you to go to McDonald’s instead,”
McDonald’s has been caught union busting multiple times.
“joked Simon Peacock”
It was a quip in the moment.
I mean sure, but the joke undercuts the message a bit and makes him sound ill informed. It’s like being anti war and saying “If you’re thinking about joining the US military, I will pay you to join Russia instead.”
Not really. It was a quick joke, they had a laugh. It’s not a big deal at all.
I didn’t say it was a big deal. But the joke doesn’t make sense and is therefore not a good joke. It’s just not a good look when the first thing you see in an article is a contradiction. These people need media coaching.
It’s a perfectly fine joke. They are protesting Wendy’s actively at the moment and not McDonald’s. The guy didn’t do a research project before his quip, who cares. You are saying there is an issue here when there isn’t one, at all.
A research project? It would’ve taken a single Google search to find an appropriate restaurant to name. Just because you’re apathetic and lazy, doesn’t mean everyone else has to be or has to excuse it. And a lot of people who read that article are going to point it out. If you look misinformed, people aren’t going to take you seriously. It harms the cause, whether it should or not. That’s why media training is necessary. It’s not a “perfectly fine” joke.
Yes it is. There is no issue here, you are inventing one. 99.99% of people are not going to care about this. At all.
Well I have experience in marketing and PR, and I’m guessing you do not. It’s not a good thing that it was printed. Again I already said it wasn’t a huge deal, but it shouldn’t have been said. The main reason there won’t be an issue is because no one reads rabble.
You’re really underestimating the bullshit people will latch onto (consciously or not) in order to discredit an activist or cause.