Possible media outlets
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I was talking to some people at conference about possible ways to get heard on TV, radio or in newspapers. I was thinking we could use this thread to brainstorm ideas about this.
One avenue I thought of was 4thought TV a couple of minute slot just after the channel 4 news.
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There’s also probably the most obvious which is Question Time. Now I don’t mean that we should try and get on the panel, but members could apply for tickets in the audience and ask some difficult questions. The problem with this is that in order to be selected to ask a question you must submit one question before hand and one upon arrival. So they can filter out any really challenging questions. This doesn’t mean that we couldn’t ask questions which we had not submitted. As the show goes out with only a 5 minute delay, there’s not much that they could do about it. This is one possible avenue we could take but I don’t think it’s the best as we would only have really limited time to speak and we would only be able to phrase it as a question instead of a statement about what we think.
There’s also “The Big Questions” on BBC 1 at 10 am Sunday Mornings. The programme is billed as a “moral, ethical and religious debate”. This sometimes has politicians but always has religious ministers and cultural commentators on it. In my opinion this is the sort of show we should be targeting as they allow audience members to actually have their say. I have occasionally seen Marxists of varying degree’s of quality, probably from Trot parties, so I don’t think our politics will inhibit our being heard. If we had some good performances they would probably allow us more time. Any national exposure like this would really help to raise our profile. And it’s FREE
4Thought is a great idea! If we can produce something of the standard of Capitalism is Kids Stuff in a condensed form, that might raise some interest.Any other comrades want to discuss?
Thanks Sussex Socialist I was beginning to think that everyone thought it was a shit idea. But yeah 4thought is probably the best as I would have thought it gets higher viewing figures than “the Big Questions”. I can’t see why they wouldn’t give us a spot, they’ve got space to fill and we can fill it.
“If we can produce something of the standard of Capitalism is Kids Stuff in a condensed form, that might raise some interest.” I’ll second that…something that is introductory and reveals how out of the ordinary the SPGB is fore a political party. Something short that it can be posted, embedded or emailed easily
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