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Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: Reg Smeeton on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 11:03:28 .....the Adver have had to print a retraction describing Holt's statement that there was no Boardroom rift as infamous.
Because infamous apparently means "of bad reputation" There are some rattled people in RG 14. Infamy infamy ..they've got it infamy http://uplink.space.com/attachments/514005-cleo1.jpg Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: Batch on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 11:17:00 Mmmmmmmmmmmmatron. Looks like the relationship between the board and media (and everyone) has just about broken down then. Pull up the drawbridge and get ready for the siege...
Reminds me of the time the then Coventry City chairman threatened to sue the admin of the Rivals site because a poster had called him a rogue (or something similar). The admin removed the offensive posting just 1hr after it was made, as soon as he knew about it. In the end loads of people paid into a fund to help the admin out. The Cov city chairman backed down and all was well. Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: Reg Smeeton on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 11:22:33 Its usually a sign that things are getting tense when the powers that be fall out with their local media....the irony here of course is that ours are ever so gentle on the regime.....this may stir them up a bit, to take the gloves off.
Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: flammableBen on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 11:26:46 will this now be known as the infamous retraction?
Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: RobertT on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 11:28:04 I think the gloves fell off a few weeks ago when the club asked the media to contact them before printing any stories to get the "facts"
Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: flammableBen on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 11:29:37 Quote from: "adver" AN article describing events leading up to the departures of Dennis Wise and Gus Poyet in the October 24 edition of the Swindon Advertiser stated that board member Bob Holt had “infamously’’ insisted there was no power struggle at the County Ground. Mr Holt has since pointed out that the dictionary definition of infamous is ‘having a bad reputation.’ We are happy to set the record straight and apologise for any offence caused. Is it just me or do the adver not really retract their comment. It reads like they are thanking Bob Holt for defining infamous for them. Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 11:35:07 Quote from: "flammableBen" Quote from: "adver" AN article describing events leading up to the departures of Dennis Wise and Gus Poyet in the October 24 edition of the Swindon Advertiser stated that board member Bob Holt had “infamously’’ insisted there was no power struggle at the County Ground. Mr Holt has since pointed out that the dictionary definition of infamous is ‘having a bad reputation.’ We are happy to set the record straight and apologise for any offence caused. Is it just me or do the adver not really retract their comment. It reads like they are thanking Bob Holt for defining infamous for them. That's not a retraction at all :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: Fair play to the Adver 8) Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: RobertT on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 11:41:28 I've just read it and come to the same conclusion, very clever, not like the Adver at all.
Basically thanking Bob for explaining what they meant. Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: flammableBen on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 11:46:06 Ace it's probably not just my skewed reading of it then. Go the adver.
Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: RobertT on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 11:50:21 The more i read it, the funnier it becomes. Not sure I've seen the Adver go into sarcastic mode before.
Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: santini on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 11:54:22 Great business sense to alienate the "ungrateful" fans and the "inaccurate" Adver. Just what fans have come to expect from this "infamous" and "inept" lot.
Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: Dazzza on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 12:35:24 Made me chuckle as well, it's so well done it manages to draw more attention to the infamy of Bob than sticking the same article on the front page of News of the Screws.
Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 13:08:35 It is actually a quite brilliant reply.
Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: SwindonTartanArmy on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 13:17:10 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: Love it!
Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: Piemonte on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 13:42:38 I dont see whats so funny you bunch of freaks :|
Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 14:37:32 Quote from: "Piemonte" I dont see whats so funny you bunch of freaks :| Bob Holt wanted The Adver to say something like "We're really really sorry. We did not mean to suggest that The Board are not trustworthy" Instead, they have effectively thanked Bob Holt for clarifying the fact, just in case there was any doubt, that the Board are not trustworthy. Maybe they just missed out a line or something but I prefer to think it was intentional. Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: flammableBen on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 14:42:28 I haven't seen the printed version, only the website version. There isn't a headline or something in there which makes it clear that they are meaning to apolagise is there?
Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: Batch on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 14:47:21 Just tacked on to the keeping coach story with a square [] separating it.
The "apologise for any offense" is the only indication of apology. Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 14:47:49 I've only seen what's on here.
Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: flammableBen on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 14:50:12 It's just tacked onto the bottom of the goalkeeping coach bit on the website aswell
http://thisisstfc.co.uk/News_Headlines_Story.asp?NewsID=6000 Title: Adver retraction..... Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 14:51:14 Ace 8)
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