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6 Responses to My interview with Shots

1. Anonymous says:

   February 8, 2011 at 9:44 am

   who gives a fuck?

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2. ben says:

   February 8, 2011 at 9:54 am

   Well you read my blog, now read my interview.

   Cunt.

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3. yabadabba says:

   February 8, 2011 at 2:05 pm

   who took the photo?

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4. ben says:

   February 8, 2011 at 2:15 pm

   Sean De Sparengo.

   Sean De Sparengo is brilliant.

   Use Sean De Sparengo.

   he can be found at http://www.coy-com.com

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5. Blah says:

   February 9, 2011 at 12:48 pm

   Ben you mentioned before you think Campaign is a puff-piece wankfest. Where does Shots sit on the sliding scale of true journalistic integrity?

   I only ask because the interview was a bit bum-lickey, which is fine but couldn’t the writer maybe have touched upon some more contentious/interesting stuff?

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6. ben says:

   February 9, 2011 at 1:27 pm

   I’m not sure what aspects of the word I removed from your question you’re referring to, but there are legal reasons why I can’t discuss any of that.

   But even without that, I don’t think the point of the interview was to delve into all aspects of my past. It’s in a section (forgotten the name) about what people in advertising do outside their day jobs, and that was what Danny covered. He liked the book and likes the blog, so I don’t think he was going to slag either of them off.

   And I don’t think Shots is there to do in-depth investigations of all aspects/people of the industry. It’s a production-led digest of what’s gong on out there, not an analysis of advertising as a whole. However, Campaign is supposed to be just that, but they do in-depth, perceptive, cat-amongst-the-pigeons analysis like Stephen Hawking does waterskiing.

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