Quiz: Which newspaper wants you to guess how many Aussies died on MH17, what sport Phil Hughes was playing when he died and how many hostages were taken in Martin Place?
Sometimes the media suffers from the perception that it is heartless in how it covers tragedy.
So well done to The West Australian newspaper for navigating that risky territory in its end of year challenge, in which it invited readers to take part in a sponsored online “University Learning” quiz on the Murdoch University branded page.
There was a hint of what’s to come in the promotion from The West’s Facebook page: “2014 was a pretty big year for news, most of it bad. Were you paying attention?”
And it certainly was bad news, with readers invited to guess all sorts of fun facts and figures.
Completely tone deaf.
Reminds me of the agency who suggested they name their meeting rooms after great moments in history. One senior exec (who should have known better) thought it would be appropriate to call one of the rooms 9/11. Yes, after the terrorist attack that killed 3000 people and led us into an un-winnable war. How ‘inspirational’ to hold team meetings or brainstorms in the ‘9/11’ room right?
People like this walk among us. All I can do is *facepalm*.
People like this not only walk among us Ricki, they run our companies! Where have the rest of us gone wrong?
I don’t like the sound of buying skin around someone else’s portal and letting them have their way with you, Murdoch University!
Ricki, we must’ve worked for the same company. While doing my internship, meetings were held in the “John Smith [name changed]] Memorial Meeting Room”.
On my first day I commented that John Smith must’ve been a special part of the company to have a room named after him. The response was “Yes, you’ll get to meet him at our group meeting later.” I wanted to keep my internship and didn’t mention that memorials are reserved for people who have died.
John Smith was a lovely person and we shared some good times together. He knew about the “memorial room” SNAFU and wondered how it would be until someone commented.