Ten's exclusive with Wood.
HeadRush
Apparently we will see footage of the moments after his release and the
family reunion. Where did this footage come from? Had the family made plans
for the impending media interest and booked a camera crew to capture these
moments?
And who will do the interview? Gretel Killeen, Tim Bailey?? Please tell me
it's not Sandra Sully?
And will Wood do a "dot the blue circle" promo shot as part of the deal? -
Seriously!
HR
Kevin V. Russell
"HeadRush" <( . )( . )@(_!_).com> wrote in message
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He can't be happy that he is finally free!
He is like one of those loser boneheads from the western suburbs who have
this "entitlement" mentality that they deserve to be compensated for
everything bad that happens to them in their lives.
Well I won't be wtaching the useless twat.
I will be encouraging others to stay away as well.
>
Sanctify
> It's going to be interesting to see what Ten get out of Wood for $400,000.
$400,000? You watched Channel 7 this morning did you? it's more in the
region of $150-200,000.
It was funny listening and watching the hyprocritical cunts on Sunrise
bitching about how Wood should donate the profits etc etc and
questioning if he should even be allowed to profit from what happened.
I'd bet the entire amount he got that if TT had the exclusive they'd be
defending it to the cows came home.
>
> Apparently we will see footage of the moments after his release and the
> family reunion. Where did this footage come from? Had the family made plans
> for the impending media interest and booked a camera crew to capture these
> moments?
Family are providing footage, along with 10.
Hey - the first thing I'd have done once I touched down at that press
conference would have been to stand up and announce that the bidding
would now commence. Fuck it - every other arsehole makes money from far
less, so why not ole Wood? After all if a dickhead calling himself
Hotdogs can find a bit of fame and fortune from being an utter cunt,
then why not Douggie?
>
> And who will do the interview? Gretel Killeen, Tim Bailey?? Please tell me
> it's not Sandra Sully?
Sully. Sunday night.
Fleeced
"Kevin V. Russell" wrote:
>
> He can't be happy that he is finally free!
>
> He is like one of those loser boneheads from the western
> suburbs who have this "entitlement" mentality that they
> deserve to be compensated for everything bad that
> happens to them in their lives.
Why shouldn't he make money out of it?
The networks get plenty of money from the story - so it's
fair enough he gets his cut. Why should he be doing the
networks any favours?
I don't know why so many people whine about him making
the best out of it... I find this new-age socialism very puzzling...
heaven forbid people make money - what an evil capitalist!
I hope the Sheik manages to get some money as well... I'm
sure the networks will be lining up for him too.
Fleeced
Hoges
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Brissie
<ke...@zappy.com.au> wrote:
>
>"HeadRush" <( . )( . )@(_!_).com> wrote in message
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>> It's going to be interesting to see what Ten get out of Wood for $400,000.
>>
>> Apparently we will see footage of the moments after his release and the
>> family reunion. Where did this footage come from? Had the family made
>> plans for the impending media interest and booked a camera crew to capture
>> these moments?
>>
>> And who will do the interview? Gretel Killeen, Tim Bailey?? Please tell me
>> it's not Sandra Sully?
>>
>> And will Wood do a "dot the blue circle" promo shot as part of the deal? -
>> Seriously!
>>
>> HR
>
>He can't be happy that he is finally free!
>
>He is like one of those loser boneheads from the western suburbs who have
>this "entitlement" mentality that they deserve to be compensated for
>everything bad that happens to them in their lives.
So if you were held captive for a long period of time, deprived of
income for that period(because you obviously couldn't work), you would
refuse any money?
How's he supposed to meet his financial commitments having earned no
income for that period of time?
Blondie
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sooperdood
why on earth should the poor bloke make some money from what he went
through , look at the corbys & their "deals" with chan9 she made a
fortune from the press but not many people bitched bout it, so she
profited from a crime. yet woods through no fault of his own was thrown
into the kidnapping situation & let him make some money from it after
all he now cant run his buissness in iraq so he need money to live on
etc , those big houses his family live in dont pay for themselfs
so if you think its wrong for him to make some money your a fuckin
idiot
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Craig
>
> Brissie doesn't know what income protection insurance is.
I'd like to see any insurance company that would offer income protection
insurance to any mercinary working in a country like Iraq. I just
checked with AAMI and they don't cover it. Any suggestions?
DAVO
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Great Post, well done dude.
DAVO
Luke Webber
> Brissie doesn't know what income protection insurance is.
Blondie thinks income protection insurance will cover you for abduction
while inside a war zone. How droll. <g>
Luke
Sarch
> He'll be forgotten within a month so he's gotta make it pay fast.
True. Also, after tax he'll only get just over half the amount. Unless, of
course, the cheque was made out to his company.
Sarch
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Luke Webber
> On 20 Jun 2005 20:11:18 -0700, Hoges wrote:
>
>>He'll be forgotten within a month so he's gotta make it pay fast.
>
> True. Also, after tax he'll only get just over half the amount. Unless, of
> course, the cheque was made out to his company.
You can also bet that his management company will be taking a lot more
than ten percent.
Luke
Hoges
special airs his story is 90% told and by the time any book deal comes
to fruition he'll be largely forgotten as the media moves onto another
story. Better to try to make a deal with New Idea or Woman's Day and
get the story out there quick.
People thought Stuart Diver was going to parlay his brush with death
into some huge career but it never happened. I doubt it will happen
with Woods either.
Pvt Jessica Lynch was another one. Her experience was going to spin off
into books and movies and everything else but when the story turned out
to be unsuitable for a Disney flick she disappeared back into
obscurity.
Craig
>
> Nothing wrong with him cashing in but he has to hurry up. Once the TV
> special airs his story is 90% told and by the time any book deal comes
> to fruition he'll be largely forgotten as the media moves onto another
> story. Better to try to make a deal with New Idea or Woman's Day and
> get the story out there quick.
>
> People thought Stuart Diver was going to parlay his brush with death
> into some huge career but it never happened. I doubt it will happen
> with Woods either.
Poor old Stuart Diver was the luckiest AND unluckiest guy on earth.
Firstly lucky to be the only survivor, and then unlucky that his
tell-all launch was pused aside due to the death of Princess Dianna.
Sanctify
> Nothing wrong with him cashing in but he has to hurry up. Once the TV
> special airs his story is 90% told and by the time any book deal comes
> to fruition he'll be largely forgotten as the media moves onto another
> story. Better to try to make a deal with New Idea or Woman's Day and
> get the story out there quick.
Best part is he'll go back to America and sell some rights there too -
there's at least a mini-series in this before it runs it's course, plus
his wife is a Yank so they'll play that angle up too.
And as I've said, more power to him. The only ones whinging are 7 & 9
and that's because they couldn't deliver what the Wood family wanted - a
suitable amount of time in which to tell his story. The best 7 could
offer was 6 minutes on TT and 9 offered 5 minutes with Rays Wig on ACA
or 15 minutes on 60 Minutes. Plus they didn't cough up the right amount
of cash. Still they'll whinge and cry about how he shouldn't be allowed
to sell his story - hello!!! Like Corby can sell her story but Wood can't?
Perhaps someone might want to point out channel 9's deals with convicted
drug smuggler Corby (doesn't matter if you think she's innocent - the
reality is she's a convicted drug smuggler serving time) and the Bali 9
(who are waiting for trial) when they start bitching about Douglas Wood
- a man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but now is in the
right place with the right story at the right time.
Luke Webber
> Poor old Stuart Diver was the luckiest AND unluckiest guy on earth.
> Firstly lucky to be the only survivor, and then unlucky that his
> tell-all launch was pused aside due to the death of Princess Dianna.
Some might say that he was a bit unlucky to lose his young wife and to
be buried for 65 hours as well, but you don't seem to think that's
worthy of mention. ;^)
Luke
Craig
He was also unlucky that he broke his ankle in a skiing accident when he
was a teenager too, but I didn't think that was worthy of mention
either. I think you get my point regardless.
Craig
Well said. I was reading an article in an american newspaper that has
put a totally different spin on this story. Americans have embrassed
this fellows good humour and his demeanour generally and they are of the
opinion that all Australians are like him. Apparently everyone now
wants to holiday in Australia so they can meet people like him.
Brissie
<bitemes...@backatya.com> wrote:
>Brissie doesn't know what income protection insurance is.
And you know he has that how exactly?
I don't.
And if you read the terms, they only pay for a certain period.
Also I highly suspect that they wouldn't allow him to have it, or pay
out if he did because of the circumstances.
Hoges
an Australian hostage, American wife or not. CSI or whatever will take
the bare bones of his story, make the central character an American and
work it into a subplot to a murder and that'll be it. If JAG was still
in production Harm and Mac would have rescued an Americanised Wood. He
won't see any money from have his story fictionalised like that. My
guess is that Wood's actual story got minimal coverage in the US media
outside of CNN or Fox.
This story has almost no legs. What little it has will be gone once the
TV special is done.
Craig
>
> The Americans are not going to make a mini-series about the rescue of
> an Australian hostage, American wife or not. CSI or whatever will take
> the bare bones of his story, make the central character an American and
> work it into a subplot to a murder and that'll be it. If JAG was still
> in production Harm and Mac would have rescued an Americanised Wood. He
> won't see any money from have his story fictionalised like that. My
> guess is that Wood's actual story got minimal coverage in the US media
> outside of CNN or Fox.
Bad guess then. It was the lead story on almost all networks for 4
days. They are still mentioning it today.
Fish! - of Arcadia.
bri...@zwallet.com says...
Well, based on the fact that most of what you type is total and utter
scrap, I'm going to defer to someone who doesn't still shit themselves.
HeadRush
> Perhaps someone might want to point out channel 9's deals with convicted
> drug smuggler Corby (doesn't matter if you think she's innocent - the
> reality is she's a convicted drug smuggler serving time) and the Bali 9
> (who are waiting for trial) when they start bitching about Douglas Wood
And it seems everyone has forgotten that 9 paid the lying terrorist Mamdouh
Habib $200,000 for his exclusive bullshit story.
HR
Brissie
If you think they'll give him income protection insurance you are
mentally ill and belong in an insitution.
Brissie
wrote:
>The Americans are not going to make a mini-series about the rescue of
>an Australian hostage, American wife or not. CSI or whatever will take
>the bare bones of his story, make the central character an American and
>work it into a subplot to a murder and that'll be it. If JAG was still
>in production Harm and Mac would have rescued an Americanised Wood. He
>won't see any money from have his story fictionalised like that. My
>guess is that Wood's actual story got minimal coverage in the US media
>outside of CNN or Fox.
Obviously you don't watch ABC(US) or CBS News? They're on Sky News
DAVO
> Well said. I was reading an article in an american newspaper that has
> put a totally different spin on this story. Americans have embrassed
> this fellows good humour and his demeanour generally and they are of the
> opinion that all Australians are like him. Apparently everyone now
> wants to holiday in Australia so they can meet people like him.
Let's hope that they don't read aus.tv newsgroups then, hey!
DAVO
Sanctify
Fuck me - Wood is making money just sitting there.
SMH report the amount that 10 paid to him as being in the $200 - 250,000
range, the whinging bitches on Sunrise said $400,000, now 9 is saying
$500,000. Seems like they're having an auction on the amount paid. Ray
will have him making $600,000 tonight, and not to be outdone TT will up
the ante to $750,000. Still it's a given that both ACA and TT will have
stories slamming Wood and demanding he pay the Govt back for the rescue
mission. Hey - someone tell 9 that Corby and Bali 9 should use their
pay offs to pay the Govt for any and all legal help, Govt intervention
and the like if it saves them from the death penalty.
By the end of the week the payment to Wood will be around $2 -
3,000,000. Not a bad profit, especially considering he got about paid
between $150 - 200,000.
Perhaps instead of inflating the amount 10 paid in order to discredit
Wood, Channels 9 & 7 should have offered him the amounts they're
throwing around and then they might have landed him.
Hoges
Kerr provides a relaity check:
http://www.crikey.com.au/articles/2005/06/21-1545-3515.html
Doug Wood and his new career
By Christian Kerr
Like many entrepreneurial and self-made men Douglas Wood seems to be
prepared to go the extra mile for his business ventures, but will his
latest gamble pay-off? Or will he end up tarnishing the very commodity
he trying to sell - himself.
Date: 21 June 2005
It's good to see Douglas Wood alive and well - but how long will his
new career as a survivor last? Jane Fraser had an interesting turn of
phrase to describe him in the Australian's Strewth column today:
"Australia's hottest survival hero since Stuart Diver."
According to The Age, Wood "scarcely had time for a hug and a hello
with his brothers in Melbourne yesterday before he had signed up for
what could be the biggest deal in the history of Australian chequebook
journalism. The Ten Network is believed to have paid at least $250,000
- and possibly as much as $400,000 - for the rights to an exclusive
interview with the 63-year-old engineer about his 47-day ordeal as a
hostage in Iraq. The program will be aired this Sunday evening."
Nice money - but is there a career in it? There seem to be two major
difficulties for people such as Wood. No matter what their
circumstances are, the more survivors are perceived to be capitalising
on the story, the less interested the public becomes. Survivors have
little to say, too. They probably know least about how they were saved,
since they had nothing to do with organising their own rescue.
The obvious Iraq story is that of Private Jessica Lynch. She ended up
with a book deal that denied the more gung-ho stories her rescue
generated. Yachtsman Tony Bullimore is still sailing - but he's more
a question for a laugh at pub quiz nights.
You can find Thredbo survivor Stuart Diver on Harry M Miller's books.
He seems to have had a genuine career change - but that may be
because his story of 65 hours trapped in rubble was marketed as a self
help, strength conquers all type of tale.
Diver was the victim of a genuine accident of nature. He did nothing to
put himself in danger. He survived, but lost his wife. He has naturally
won more sympathy. Will Douglas Wood's story play so well?
Kevin V. Russell
You idiot, do you think he would have earned $400,000?
If he is self employed, surely he would have income protection insurance.
And what other risks should be underwritten by someone else?
Brissie
<ke...@zappy.com.au> wrote:
Close to. He was i na very high paying job
>If he is self employed, surely he would have income protection insurance.
He wouldn't have been eligible
Kevin V. Russell
Really, pray tell how do you know this?
>
>>If he is self employed, surely he would have income protection insurance.
>
> He wouldn't have been eligible
Well then it is a rsik he took on willingly. He has been amply rewarded
already if he is getting paid anything like you are suggesting.
>
>>And what other risks should be underwritten by someone else?
No answer I see.
>>
>>
>
Kevin V. Russell
"Craig" <craignewp...@iinet.net> wrote in message
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If they don't then it must be factored into the price he is charging his
customers.
Either that or he is a complete moron.
If I was working over there I know it would be a risk I would have to
consider.
Brissie
<ke...@zappy.com.au> wrote:
>>>You idiot, do you think he would have earned $400,000?
>>
>> Close to. He was i na very high paying job
>
>Really, pray tell how do you know this?
>
Because it's been widely reported he was in a very high paying job
>>
>>>If he is self employed, surely he would have income protection insurance.
>>
>> He wouldn't have been eligible
>
>Well then it is a rsik he took on willingly. He has been amply rewarded
>already if he is getting paid anything like you are suggesting.
>>
>>>And what other risks should be underwritten by someone else?
Driving a car is a risk. Yet if you get maimed in a car accident, you
can sue the other driver if it was his/her fault.
Same thing
Blondie
Brissie
<bitemes...@backatya.com> wrote:
>So why doesn't he take legal action against his captors for lost earnings?
God you're an idiot
How's he going to sue them?
Where did you come up with that
KVR said if you take a risk, and get disadvantaged in some way from
taking that risk, you should not recieve any compensation. KVR was
saying you shouldn't be able to sue someone if they smash into you.
Sarch
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:09:44 +1000, Sarch
> <sarch_te...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 20 Jun 2005 20:11:18 -0700, Hoges wrote:
>>
>>> He'll be forgotten within a month so he's gotta make it pay fast.
>>
>>True. Also, after tax he'll only get just over half the amount. Unless, of
>>course, the cheque was made out to his company.
>
> You seem to assume that he'd pay tax on that in Australia. He
> wouldn't.
Good pickup.
Sarch
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> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:28:54 +1000, "Blondie"
> <bitemes...@backatya.com> wrote:
>
>>So why doesn't he take legal action against his captors for lost earnings?
>
> God you're an idiot
>
> How's he going to sue them?
>
> Where did you come up with that
>
> KVR said if you take a risk, and get disadvantaged in some way from
> taking that risk, you should not recieve any compensation. KVR was
> saying you shouldn't be able to sue someone if they smash into you.
If someone smashes into you, you get comepnssated because we have no fault
insurance for injured victims in motor vehicle accidents in all
jurisdictions in Australia.
We do not have a community insurance people for undertaking dangerous
occuptaions in very dangerous parts of the world because the risk is simply
unquantifiable.
How would you price it?
I never said he couldn't sue anyone either.
It's not a bad idead though.
Instead of stiffing the taxpayers of Australia, he should pay whatever he
can afford for his rescue and sue the basatrds that took him hostage.
Who knows, he may just hit the jackpot with the U.S. style legal system they
are installing in Vietraq.
HeadRush
"Kevin V. Russell" <ke...@zappy.com.au> wrote in message
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>> KVR said if you take a risk, and get disadvantaged in some way from
>> taking that risk, you should not recieve any compensation. KVR was
>> saying you shouldn't be able to sue someone if they smash into you.
>
> If someone smashes into you, you get comepnssated because we have no fault
> insurance for injured victims in motor vehicle accidents in all
> jurisdictions in Australia.
Not if it was caused by or arising from any hostilities, riot, rebellion,
civil commotion or war - whether war has been formally declared or not.
HR
Zappy
"Sarch" <sarch_te...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 20 Jun 2005 20:11:18 -0700, Hoges wrote:
>
>> He'll be forgotten within a month so he's gotta make it pay fast.
>
> True. Also, after tax he'll only get just over half the amount. Unless, of
> course, the cheque was made out to his company.
Excuse me!
How on earth would this money be considered income under oridnary concepts?
More like a windfall gain if you ask me.
Is he even a resident for tax purposes?
I seriously doubt it.
He probably has a tax haven in Belize or some hell hole in the "middle
east".
David Hardie
<googl...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>He'll be forgotten within a month so he's gotta make it pay fast.
Shapelle Who?
Zappy
"Craig Welch" <cr...@pacific.net.sg> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:08:44 GMT, "Zappy" <ke...@zappy.com.au>
> wrote:
>
>>How on earth would this money be considered income under oridnary
>>concepts?
>
> writing (perhaps ghost-writing) his story, etc.
Is he a resident for tax purposes?
Like I said, I seriously doubt it.
ant
For Yank taxation, they have a significant residency test or something. So
many months out of the last year and then X many years (I've been grappling
with it recently, their tax laws are horrific). He'd definitely be a US
resident for tax purposes. Means you are also subject to Aus tax (and vice
versa) but there's some reciprocal arrangement whereby you declare your
earnings in your secondary country and declare the tax you paid, and it's
not included (I declare my US income when I do an Aus tax return, and then
can claim various expenses related to that, but I don't think I declare my
Aus income in the US).
If anyone is fascinated by this stuff, go to
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/index.html
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