Channel 9 is now Collingwood TV

[Ext User(Dave Turner)]

very interesting read ...
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s1585256.htm

[Ext User(Epigram)]

On 03/09/2006 00:09:37 "Dave Turner" <not@dave> wrote:

> very interesting read ...
> http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s1585256.htm

I "love" Monica. In fact, I've loved all Media Watch presenters dating
back to Stuart Littlemore, bar one (he's back from real journalism to doing
feel-good tripe and corporate propaganda - but I won't name him in case he
feels he's being defamed by my opinion of him).

It's somewhat curious that McEddie is now a fully fledged PBL puppet. He
wanted the job no one else seemed to want. The silver lining is that he
won't be commentating McEddiewood games this year.

Toby
--
I saw a funny thing on the way here. So I laughed.

(If you really want to email me, you'd know the address)

[Ext User(Dave Turner)]

> The silver lining is that he won't be
> commentating McEddiewood games this year.
I was pretty happy when i heard that he wouldnt be hosting The Footy Show or
commentating Collingwood games due to reasons of conflict of interests, but
the catch to that is that now he has free reign over EVERYTHING that channel
9 airs, including disgracefully sticking Ronald McDonald on a show for
toddlers in order to help get McDonalds to sponsor Collingwood. Hi5 weren't
impressed with the stunt either and I dont think many parents would be
either.

The line between Channel 9 and Collingwood is starting to become very blurry
indeed ...

[Ext User(Sanctify)]

Dave Turner wrote:
>> The silver lining is that he won't be
>> commentating McEddiewood games this year.
> I was pretty happy when i heard that he wouldnt be hosting The Footy Show or
> commentating Collingwood games due to reasons of conflict of interests, but
> the catch to that is that now he has free reign over EVERYTHING that channel
> 9 airs, including disgracefully sticking Ronald McDonald on a show for
> toddlers in order to help get McDonalds to sponsor Collingwood. Hi5 weren't
> impressed with the stunt either and I dont think many parents would be
> either.
>
> The line between Channel 9 and Collingwood is starting to become very blurry
> indeed ...

Was it ever distinct and clear once Fat Ed took over the presidency
Answer: nope.

[Ext User(Dave Turner)]

>> The line between Channel 9 and Collingwood is starting to become very
>> blurry indeed ...
>
> Was it ever distinct and clear once Fat Ed took over the presidency
> Answer: nope.

Well, before he became the Channel 9 boss he wouldn't have been able to put
Ronald McDonald on a toddlers show to get Maccas to sign a Collingwood
contract - I just meant it's going to get a lot worse than before!

[Ext User(deker)]

Sanctify wrote:
> Dave Turner wrote:
>
>>> The silver lining is that he won't be
>>> commentating McEddiewood games this year.
>>
>> I was pretty happy when i heard that he wouldnt be hosting The Footy
>> Show or commentating Collingwood games due to reasons of conflict of
>> interests, but the catch to that is that now he has free reign over
>> EVERYTHING that channel 9 airs, including disgracefully sticking
>> Ronald McDonald on a show for toddlers in order to help get McDonalds
>> to sponsor Collingwood. Hi5 weren't impressed with the stunt either
>> and I dont think many parents would be either.
>>
>> The line between Channel 9 and Collingwood is starting to become very
>> blurry indeed ...
>
>
> Was it ever distinct and clear once Fat Ed took over the presidency
> Answer: nope.

the line was blurry cos Ed had one fat arse cheek on one side of the
line, and the other fat arse cheek on the other.

deker

[Ext User(deker)]

Dave Turner wrote:
>>>The line between Channel 9 and Collingwood is starting to become very
>>>blurry indeed ...
>>
>>Was it ever distinct and clear once Fat Ed took over the presidency
>>Answer: nope.
>
>
> Well, before he became the Channel 9 boss he wouldn't have been able to put
> Ronald McDonald on a toddlers show to get Maccas to sign a Collingwood
> contract - I just meant it's going to get a lot worse than before!

The irony in this whole thing is that Ronald McDonald House do a
wonderful job raising money for kids.

Also, it wasn't too long ago that the golden arches were emblazoned on
every footy used in an AFL game - before each team had their own ball
sponsors.

deker

[Ext User(Dave Turner)]

> The irony in this whole thing is that Ronald McDonald House do a wonderful
> job raising money for kids.

A superb excuse for the stunt. ;) Yep, RM Houses are good but they werent
promoting that - they were just promoting Maccas

[Ext User(Sanctify)]

deker wrote:
> Dave Turner wrote:
>>>> The line between Channel 9 and Collingwood is starting to become
>>>> very blurry indeed ...
>>>
>>> Was it ever distinct and clear once Fat Ed took over the presidency
>>> Answer: nope.
>>
>>
>> Well, before he became the Channel 9 boss he wouldn't have been able
>> to put Ronald McDonald on a toddlers show to get Maccas to sign a
>> Collingwood contract - I just meant it's going to get a lot worse than
>> before!
>
> The irony in this whole thing is that Ronald McDonald House do a
> wonderful job raising money for kids.

They do? By doing what exactly? By getting people to eat their shit?
Be real - every dollar they raise for the RM Houses means about two
extra in their own pockets. It's just the standard McDonalds hype that
they actually do it for charity.

They sell a Big Mac- which cost about 20 cents to make - for what?
$3.50? $4.00? They'll say, "10 cents from every burger sold goes to
Ronald McDonald House(s)." Admirable? Not really. You see they get
people in to buy more burgers on those days, they raise some cash for
the charity (which they'll claim back) and a shit load for themselves.

It's a smokescreen - no wonder Eddie loves them. Still, clowns attract
clowns.

[Ext User(Larry de Silva)]

"Dave Turner" <not@dave> wrote in message news:440fefbc@quokka.wn.com.au...
>> The irony in this whole thing is that Ronald McDonald House do a
>> wonderful job raising money for kids.
>
> A superb excuse for the stunt. ;) Yep, RM Houses are good but they
> werent promoting that - they were just promoting Maccas

Again it proves only one thing here, that utter jealousy is a curse. Eddie
IS Collingwood president get over it, he will always do his level best for
his and my beloved club. Keep your petty girlish jealousies to yourselves
please or cry yourself a river elsewhere else, like in a media or TV
newsgroup

Laz

[Ext User(Rodney Hampson)]

"Sanctify" <web@acab.com> wrote in message
news:_1sQf.3127$dy4.1855@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> deker wrote:
>> Dave Turner wrote:
>>>>> The line between Channel 9 and Collingwood is starting to become very
>>>>> blurry indeed ...
>>>>
>>>> Was it ever distinct and clear once Fat Ed took over the presidency
>>>> Answer: nope.
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, before he became the Channel 9 boss he wouldn't have been able to
>>> put Ronald McDonald on a toddlers show to get Maccas to sign a
>>> Collingwood contract - I just meant it's going to get a lot worse than
>>> before!
>>
>> The irony in this whole thing is that Ronald McDonald House do a
>> wonderful job raising money for kids.
>
> They do? By doing what exactly? By getting people to eat their shit? Be
> real - every dollar they raise for the RM Houses means about two extra in
> their own pockets. It's just the standard McDonalds hype that they
> actually do it for charity.
>
> They sell a Big Mac- which cost about 20 cents to make - for what? $3.50?
> $4.00? They'll say, "10 cents from every burger sold goes to Ronald
> McDonald House(s)." Admirable? Not really. You see they get people in
> to buy more burgers on those days, they raise some cash for the charity
> (which they'll claim back) and a shit load for themselves.
>
> It's a smokescreen - no wonder Eddie loves them. Still, clowns attract
> clowns.


How much profit do you make per week and how much of that do you donate?
What else do you expect but them to promote their business. And if the
donate to charity some of that, how is that a bad thing, they could put that
along with the rest in their own pockets and still sell just as many
burgers.

[Ext User(Statsware)]

"Sanctify" <web@acab.com> wrote in message news:_1sQf.3127$dy4.1855@news-server.bigpond.net.au...

>
> They sell a Big Mac- which cost about 20 cents to make - for what? $3.50? $4.00? They'll say, "10 cents from every burger sold
> goes to Ronald McDonald House(s)." Admirable? Not really. You see they get people in to buy more burgers on those days, they
> raise some cash for the charity (which they'll claim back) and a shit load for themselves.
>
> It's a smokescreen - no wonder Eddie loves them. Still, clowns attract clowns.

hmm don't knwo where you get your math from
it takes 3 people approx 1 mins to make/sell a burger
thats 3 mins at $8 ph = 40c in labor costs alone
The cost of the burger is also about 60c
The rent is $200K per year = 75c per minute
Even with 10 burgers sold per minute thats another 8c
Then they have franchise fees etc etc
I reckon a McDonalds franchisee is lucky to make $1 per burger profit
McDonalds themselves are not a burger chain
they are a property & logistics company supplying everything
to franchisees who sell burgers and are one of the worlds
biggest property chains.

gregF

btw I donate 4% of my earnings to charity every year
mostly to designated work like WELLS/WATER/LIVESTOCK
in third world countries that don't have our infrastructure
but some of it supporting the local footy club and I damn
well expect to make some business back from that

[Ext User(David Clayton)]

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:39:34 +1100, Larry de Silva wrote:
.....
> Keep your petty girlish jealousies to yourselves
> please or cry yourself a river elsewhere else, like in a media or TV
> newsgroup
>
And you can keep your sexist comments to yourself.

--
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
(Remove the "XYZ." to reply)

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[Ext User(deker)]

Sanctify wrote:
> deker wrote:
>
>> Dave Turner wrote:
>>
>>>>> The line between Channel 9 and Collingwood is starting to become
>>>>> very blurry indeed ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Was it ever distinct and clear once Fat Ed took over the presidency
>>>> Answer: nope.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, before he became the Channel 9 boss he wouldn't have been able
>>> to put Ronald McDonald on a toddlers show to get Maccas to sign a
>>> Collingwood contract - I just meant it's going to get a lot worse
>>> than before!
>>
>>
>> The irony in this whole thing is that Ronald McDonald House do a
>> wonderful job raising money for kids.
>
>
> They do? By doing what exactly? By getting people to eat their shit?
> Be real - every dollar they raise for the RM Houses means about two
> extra in their own pockets. It's just the standard McDonalds hype that
> they actually do it for charity.
>
> They sell a Big Mac- which cost about 20 cents to make - for what?
> $3.50? $4.00? They'll say, "10 cents from every burger sold goes to
> Ronald McDonald House(s)." Admirable? Not really. You see they get
> people in to buy more burgers on those days, they raise some cash for
> the charity (which they'll claim back) and a shit load for themselves.
>
> It's a smokescreen - no wonder Eddie loves them. Still, clowns attract
> clowns.

Regardless of how much profit they make themselves, they still give a
shitload of money to charity. You're a fool if you think otherwise,
regardless of whether or not you eat their shit (can't imagine what the
hell that has to do with anything).

deker

[Ext User(deker)]

Statsware wrote:
> "Sanctify" <web@acab.com> wrote in message news:_1sQf.3127$dy4.1855@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>
>
>>They sell a Big Mac- which cost about 20 cents to make - for what? $3.50? $4.00? They'll say, "10 cents from every burger sold
>>goes to Ronald McDonald House(s)." Admirable? Not really. You see they get people in to buy more burgers on those days, they
>>raise some cash for the charity (which they'll claim back) and a shit load for themselves.
>>
>>It's a smokescreen - no wonder Eddie loves them. Still, clowns attract clowns.
>
>
> hmm don't knwo where you get your math from
> it takes 3 people approx 1 mins to make/sell a burger
> thats 3 mins at $8 ph = 40c in labor costs alone
> The cost of the burger is also about 60c
> The rent is $200K per year = 75c per minute
> Even with 10 burgers sold per minute thats another 8c
> Then they have franchise fees etc etc
> I reckon a McDonalds franchisee is lucky to make $1 per burger profit
> McDonalds themselves are not a burger chain
> they are a property & logistics company supplying everything
> to franchisees who sell burgers and are one of the worlds
> biggest property chains.
>
> gregF

and they have donation tins in store and at drive throughs - so it's not
just the days when they have celebs doing in-stores that they get their
donations from.

> btw I donate 4% of my earnings to charity every year
> mostly to designated work like WELLS/WATER/LIVESTOCK
> in third world countries that don't have our infrastructure
> but some of it supporting the local footy club and I damn
> well expect to make some business back from that

Princess Margaret Childrens Hospital - Neo Natal Unit;
WA Assoc for the Blind; and Deaf Society of WA are my charities.
I have a hard time keeping up with those and if i was able to
donate to another charity, it would be a local one again,
possibly CF, as my cuz is a CF sufferer. I'll leave world poverty
to the likes of Oprah and other celebs. I've yet to see many celebs
help out with my charities.

deker