I Couldn't Get Arrested...Or Could I?
We who run radio stations are a terribly shallow lot. Take this week's news about former MSP Tommy Sheridan. While most people are interested in the legal aspects of the case, I couldn't help notice that he was arrested while leaving the Edinburgh radio station where he now works as a presenter.
The subsequent news coverage gave acres of free publicity to the station itself.
Curses!
And then, yesterday, this big fuss about BBC Radio 1 censoring the lyrics of the Pogues song Fairytale of New York. Never mind the merits of the decision and the subsequent u-turn....just look at all that publicity!
So desperate times call for desperate measures. I've decided to ban the song Santa's a Scotsman on the grounds that it contains negative stereotypes about Scotish people.
Next I have to arrange for one of our presenters to be bundled into the back of a police car. A simple call to Crimestoppers should do the trick.
Now...who should I grass up?
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