Blame the Marketing Department

[Reynod]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/12/dems-apparently-used-russian-war-ship-in-convention-tribute-to-vets/?intcmp=obinsite

Ouch !!

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs-Q0JmWjj0

 

[chunkymonster]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/12/dems-apparently-used-russian-war-ship-in-convention-tribute-to-vets/?intcmp=obinsite

Ouch !!

I read that article and just shook my head in disgust...there really is no excuse for it...

 

[Reynod]

Does anyone believe this was an accident?

I think so.

You see Marketing people do an arts degree.

In that sort of course you learn the difference between a boat and a ship ... and then ... a warship has pointy bits sticking out of it generally ... and its a ship ... so its bigger than a boat ... right?

So they looked for pictures with lots of big boats with pointy bits sticking out of them ... found a cool looking one with three of them (uber cool) ... then popped it into the slideshow.

They got that bit right.

How were they to know the ships were Russian?

Must have been a pretty old photo as most of the current Russian ships are covered in rust ...

Marketing ... all booked on the B Ark.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

http://www.google.com/search?q=us+warships&hl=en&prmd=imvnsu&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=zUBTUJ_tPIPiyAG6x4HoBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=645
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=645&tbm=isch&q=russian+warships&revid=461208271&sa=X&ei=0kBTULixI6KxywGipYHACQ&ved=0CEcQgxY

Notice the related links

 

[Reynod]

Yeah but the marketing people just focus on the pictures ... their "visual people" ... not strong on the detail.

Even "copy" to them means "a bunch of text I don't understand but I must get it to fit next to the photo and have a zingy first sentence".

I worked in marketing once.

It was mind numbing ... as you can clearly see from my posts over the last few years it might have damaged me somewhat ...

The end result of that presentation would have been quite disheartening for the Navy Vets ... I feel for them.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

To me they're all just "targets" 😀

 

[riser]

That's not the first time the current administration's staff has screwed up and used Russian pictures for tributes or other things.

Remember the famous Reset button? They used the wrong word on that one.. Quite honestly, this administration looks idiotic and amateur in dealing with the Ruskies.

 

[ctbaars]

This kind of stuff happens all the time. I don't hold it against any President, Obama or otherwise.

 

[riser]

Eh, I do. The people he has surrounded himself with obviously lack in their jobs.

 

[ctbaars]

"he has surrounded himself with"
Very poor association there.
Crummy stuff, that has nothing to do with respect, ability, policy, happens to %%uall%%u leaders.

 

[riser]

Poor association eh? How so?

Do we really need to list off the shady people who advise him?

 

[ctbaars]

THAT is completely different than some poor intern dude, making a poor decision on a graphic that the campaign requested for a slide show. Besides, what politician hasn't associated with shady people ...

 

[riser]

Yeah? No one bothered to review the work before putting it on the national stage? Instead of tapping our military agencies for pictures that 'intern' decided to do a Google Search instead? Really? And it wasn't an intern doing that. Those people making those slideshows get paid around $60,000 a year in the DC area to do that stuff. I have a few friends who worked under Bush and one that currently works under Obama.

 

[ctbaars]

"No one bothered to review the work before putting it on the national stage?" Correct! No conspiracy here, move along. :lol: