My favourite quango
I am not a fan of quangos, but I make an exception for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency because of the prose style of its media people.
Here is a classic:
Headlined "Drink and stupidity lead to two in the water at Studland", and continues "Portland Coastguard have been co-ordinating in the wee small hours of this morning a search for two young people who took off from a beach in a dinghy just after 3.00 am this morning with no visible means of propulsion".
That pretty much relays all the necessary information, and I wish that other quangos, government departments - well, all press rooms, actually - could be as forthright.
Previously the MCA has erred on the side of polite, as with this release:
""At ten minutes to nine yesterday evening Solent Coastguard received a 999 call from a concerned gentleman. The man was concerned for two ladies, they had both gone for a walk with a dog at half past four in the afternoon".
Further MCA shenanigans can be retrieved by clicking on the quango tag.
Here is a classic:
Headlined "Drink and stupidity lead to two in the water at Studland", and continues "Portland Coastguard have been co-ordinating in the wee small hours of this morning a search for two young people who took off from a beach in a dinghy just after 3.00 am this morning with no visible means of propulsion".
That pretty much relays all the necessary information, and I wish that other quangos, government departments - well, all press rooms, actually - could be as forthright.
Previously the MCA has erred on the side of polite, as with this release:
""At ten minutes to nine yesterday evening Solent Coastguard received a 999 call from a concerned gentleman. The man was concerned for two ladies, they had both gone for a walk with a dog at half past four in the afternoon".
Further MCA shenanigans can be retrieved by clicking on the quango tag.
Labels: Odd press releases, Quangos
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They bend over backwards not to apportion blame.
The MAIB site is another gem along the same lines.
Actually I think this is excellent - would that other state bodies (one thinks of traffic policemen) were as determined on the facts, rather than always looking for someone to blame.
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