Aug 07 - Gibraltar “Ahead In PR Campaign” Says TV Expert
When describing the press coverage of the current cross-border tension, a Public Relations expert speaking on yesterday morning’s BBC TV’s News 24 channel described the press coverage as ‘Gibraltar 1, Spain 0 in Public Relations terms.’ Such has been the extent and quality of the media’s coverage of recent events.
Gibraltar continues to be at the centre of press interest. Yesterday, the Chief Minister interrupted his holiday to give interviews to BBC TV’s Breakfast Show, BBC Radio Scotland, the BBC World Service, Portuguese TV and, of course, to GBC. Many other media outlets are still hoping to speak to Mr Picardo.
Today, the Deputy Chief Minister has given a lengthy interview to the Guardian newspaper from UK, to Polskie Radio (from Poland), to the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and to the Canadian newspaper, ‘Globe and Mail’. Tomorrow, Dr Garcia has already arranged to speak to a Swedish newspaper and British Forces TV News. Background information has also been provided to BBC’s News at Ten, to a major Japanese newspaper and to the Al Jazeera TV station.
Outside Europe, Gibraltar’s story is running prominently in the USA, in the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Cuba, South Africa, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan amongst others.
The Chief Minister said: ‘Gibraltar and the UK have gone on the offensive in the international press to demonstrate that Snr Margallo’s attitude was not conducive to good neighbourly relations. I have no doubt that people will not rise to the provocation in the Spanish press and to a few individuals in the social media. That helps us retain the high ground in the argument.’
