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When’s a Coir poster not a Coir poster? Don’t ask the Evening Herald
23Sep2009 Filed under: Irish Politics, Lisbon Treaty Author: David CochraneThe Coir posters are easy to Parody. When the “Milked Dry” Coir poster when up on lamp-posts and I needed to come up with a full-page ad for Village Magazine – it was easy to come up with, a bit of a no-brainer.
The Coir Poster
Coir Milked Dry Poster
….. and the full-page ad for Politics.ie in Village Magazine
It’s very easy to Parody the Coir posters, and many of them are doing the rounds, including this one…
Coir Parody Poster
But I opened the Evening Herald earlier to find an op-ed by Minster for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin and I had to double-take
Coir parody poster used by Evening Herald as legit
Lo-and behold, the Evening Herald had reproduced the “Dutch” Coir parody ad, but they thought it was legitimate.
Close-up of Micheal Martin op-ed - with Coir parody poster reproduced as legitimate.
I spoke to the Evening Herald news-desk this afternoon and they were shocked that the Coir image they used was actually a Parody and couldn’t explain how they used it instead of a legitimate one.
Funny, yes, but also a lesson in that Coir posters are so easy to parody, it’s difficult to tell which posters belong to them, and which are a piss-take.
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Irish Election » Herald uses spoof Cóir poster in article
September 23rd, 2009 at 3:12 pm
[...] The Evening Herald has used a spoof Cóir poster in an article about Lisbon, see it here. [...]
Irish Election » Herald uses spoof Cóir poster in article
September 23rd, 2009 at 3:12 pm
[...] The Evening Herald has used a spoof Cóir poster in an article about Lisbon, see it here. [...]
Michael Collins
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Cóir is one of my “Top 10 Reasons for No voters to vote Yes”. The others are at http://puckstownlane.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/lisbon-2-top-10-reasons-for-no-voters-to-vote-yes/
I may still vote No if Dick Roche appears on my television screen or radio too often (= once more)
Lisbon and Cóir: When Parody becomes Reality - People of NI - Norn Iron
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:47 pm
[...] someone actually did make a joke of it.Now an eagle-eyed David Cochrane of Politics.ie fame has spotted a mishap by the Evening Herald whereby they ran a parody of a Cóir poster as if it was an actual [...]
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October 1st, 2009 at 10:03 am
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October 5th, 2009 at 4:10 am
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Brian Walsh
October 16th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
David, whoever you hired to come up with that ad for you in the Village, I hope you didnt pay them too much. In fact if you paid them anything, it was too much. A child would hav eproduced better
Brian