Chemical Orange Press Release?

April 1st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

I am so freaked out AND pissed off because the Times of Oman said that the Minister of Commerce was there for the launch of Chemical Orange at eGames yesterday. I would like to clear things out:

Our press release did not say anything like that and the Times of Oman made it up, we gave the press release to their photographer who had no idea of what was happening.
The Minister of Commerce and Industry was there at the eGames conference, but he was not there at *the* launch of Chemical Orange, I was the very last person to speak on day one, this was at 4.30pm and he probably has no idea what Chemical Orange is.
the Times of Oman did not contact us before making any of the changes to our press release and I only knew about it a couple of minutes ago.

This is not nice because it makes us look like a bunch of shameless liars and I thought I had to make it clear that the press release was inaccurate.

Amjad

sadly... this happens a lot in Oman in different media agencies, not only Times of Oman.

Same scenario happened to my father with Oman newspaper (Arabic) regarding a conference they were holding , and also same scenario happened to his colleagues but with Al-Watan newspaper. Same scenario, different newspapers. Seems common in the Omani media to twist some reports and write whatever "they" feel like writing...

MMK080

I agree with u! it is totally understandable why you are angry and why u r voicing your disapproval about things posted in the media which makes you or your group (Chemical Orange) seem like you guys are something which you are not (liars or terrorists, for example)... It seems like I keep reiterating that point these last few days with.

Anyway, I hope this gets sorted out and on the bright side, your company got media recognition which can only be good for a business right?

Blue Chi’s