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Panjandrum
Originally posted by french frank View PostI'm not sure how retweeting works, but R3 have just retweeted: "First we get Star Wars theme & now Harry Potter. Sometimes I wonder if R3 has morphed into ClassicFM! :-(."
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Originally posted by french frank View Post
This is absolutely not because one is bereft of human compassion for people who have suffered, or are grieving. It's the sheer cynical exploitation (in my view) à la Oprah Winfrey of sharing people's most intimate feelings with what amount to the audio equivalent of voyeurs. In my view.
Read, in particular, about the visits on Tuesday. With Big Brother, X Factor, and now it seems Radio 3, have we really progressed very much?
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I don't see/hear it as".....sheer cynical exploitation" - I heard it and that never crossed my mind. I don't think for one moment this was specifically targeted by Breakfast. I have heard the majority of others and this is unique - this week as I mentioned elsewhere we had the 71st Bishop of Lincoln who didn't sound exploited to me.
Whilst I have no problem with tweets and texts I find it mildly amusing that a lot of people seem to actively "search them out" on Twitter, Facebook etc. something, shamefully perhaps, I would never bother to do.
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Originally posted by antongould View Postre FF 344
I don't see/hear it as".....sheer cynical exploitation" - I heard it and that never crossed my mind. I don't think for one moment this was specifically targeted by Breakfast. I have heard the majority of others and this is unique
Many people are interested in hearing about other people's tragedies and griefs. But whether that's a legitimate way to attract them to Radio 3 to listen to classical music, I would doubt. Maybe it'll become the Oprah Winfrey 'must listen' moment on Radio 3 which half the audience is appalled about and the other half tunes in specially to listen to.Whilst I have no problem with tweets and texts I find it mildly amusing that a lot of people seem to actively "search them out" on Twitter, Facebook etc. something, shamefully perhaps, I would never bother to do.
(Btw, the tweet was still there - I think it might have been retweeted along with SMP's tweet. I note R3 has 9 times more tweets than followers. The proportions are usually reversed. How much time does R3 staff spend tweeting - and couldn't they spend it on making the online content more accurate?)Last edited by french frank; 04-11-11, 19:05. Reason: clumsy typo, hitting the 'r' and the 'e' when I intended only to hit the 'e'.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Panjandrum
Originally posted by salymap View PostFor goodness' sake, who names these things. 'Twitter', 'Tweet', 'Retweeted'. They sound like a child's game. I only heard of them recently. [Sorry to sound like that Judge but.........]
I have heard of Facebook because a young relative asked me to join. No thanks.
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salymap
Re: Tweet
Whenever I hear this word, another word always comes into my mind: bird brain. But as you often say, what do I know.
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Many people are interested in hearing about other people's tragedies and griefs. But whether that's a legitimate way to attract them to Radio 3 to listen to classical music, I would doubt.
[ed.] this (my bit) is not at all well put. No it is not a legitimate way to attract listeners to a station that is meant to provide serious listening of classical music. But how do we argue rationally/objectively that this is not a legitimate way to get people interested in listening to classical music?Last edited by doversoul1; 04-11-11, 21:18.
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Richard Tarleton
Originally posted by doversoul View Postsalymap
Re: Tweet
Whenever I hear this word, another word always comes into my mind: bird brain. But as you often say, what do I know.
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barber olly
Originally posted by Albion View PostWhat a pity that the CD which exploded this morning c.8.45 was a rare recording of the little-known Kaiser Waltz by Richard Strauss.
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