Wednesday, October 29, 2008

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other ...

(Identifying details have been changed to protect the guilty, the employed and the semi-innocent)

This morning I read through my weekly press clippings to find this:
ACTUAL MEDIA ARTICLE
XYZ Inc. supports Nonprofit Cause
XYZ Inc. presented $XX0,000 recently to three benefited charities: $XX0,000 went to the Charity A $XX,000 went to Charity B and $XX0,000 went to Charity C.

Sponsoring Nonprofit Sara Works For with its [Name of Event Here] in October, XYZ Inc. was able to raise the funds at the event. [Brief statement about Nonprofit Sara Works For Here].

I scratched my head. Funny how it appears XYZ Inc. presented a very large sum of money to three organizations as a result of our [Name of Event Here] two weeks ago. And funny how it seems they raised all this money at the event.

Curious, I went back to the e-mail/release I sent the reporter. It looks nothing like what was written.
ACTUAL MEDIA RELEASE
[Nonprofit Sara Works For] Raises $XX0,000 for Nonprofit Cause
[An intro paragraph and a quote].
Generous donations from [Name of Event] sponsors like XYZ Inc. and ABC Inc., other corporate and private donations, and donations received that evening from guests of more than $XX,000, were distributed among the event’s three benefited charities. [Nonprofit Sara Works For] was able to present checks Saturday totaling $XX0,000 to Charity A, Charity B and Charity C.

Not even close.

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