I heard this unbelievable argument on Greek success and development this morning. Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou was talking to Popi Tsapanidou, the presenter of LiveU morning news magazine at private Star TV.
Talking about the outcome of the first round of municipality and regional elections and defending the government austerity policies and the consequent “economic improvement”, Kedikoglou said:
“We know that we have not managed yet to make palpable the results of the economy improvement, to be felt in the daily life of the citizens, but the signs are multiple. For example: I saw during the break that there are much more commercials and of better quality than some time ago. This is a sigh of reboosting of the economy.”
Tsapanidou answered that she was unprepared to talk with Kedikoglou on the cost of TV commercials and she praised the work of the creative and sales department of Star TV.
video: at 1:42 min
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Background on TV Commercials: as the economic crisis affected first of all the big businesses and companies, there was a sharp drop in TV commercials. Consequently the prices dropped dramatically with the effect that TV commercials became available also for the little shop next door. The “little shop next door” may have closed down, but Greeks were bombarded for almost a year with a long TV commercial from a company selling bras, tights and flies protection.
PS *sigh*
