By Antonio D. French
Filed Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 9:44 AM
They say imitation is the best form of flattery. Well, consider PubDef.net flattered. Labels: Media_Watch
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Channel 4 Flatters PubDef
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6 Comments:
things i like better about you video: more information converyed about the brick theieves, tactics, etc
things i like better about channel 4's video: the inclusion of people collecting bricks to talk with
can i say i'm not suprised? at least this story is being told to a wider audience
8/29/2007 10:46 AM
Agreed.
8/29/2007 11:35 AM
The day after KMOV aired this, a piece ran on KMOX, at 2:00 in the afternoon. It would seem that someone in the media section of Sam Moore's office is on the ball. Identifying the brick as a 'natural resource' of sorts, was common sense on the level of genius.
makla
8/29/2007 1:15 PM
i thought that the pubdef story was richer and provided a better context for who was doing this and why. However, it seemed that Matt Sepic over at KWMU scooped everybody.
this appeared in June on Marketplace:
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2007/06/13/AM200706133.html
8/29/2007 3:05 PM
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/
2007/06/13/AM200706133.html
here's the full link
8/29/2007 3:06 PM
I am a good demo man and can pallet bricks just like the people in the video. However, these people are exempt from existing workers protection and have no health coverage. They may or may not be covered by workers compensation. they are like migrant farms workers.
The contractor is making real good money off this salvage. The building division can do a better job of policing demolition sites.
Improved Demolition standards can be monitored and done better and safer. Clean up the demolition standards and prepare the north side for future development. Give subsidizes for site work, expand the scope of work and watch the north side improve.
9/01/2007 8:21 AM
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