Last week's coverage of the growing unrest in Bahrain, for example, drew a predictable batch of emails from Bahrainis claiming not to recognise the picture we painted of an oppressive regime cracking down on dissent.
We recommend using the Predictable Revenue approach to cold emails, which is sending an email to a person senior to the actual target you want to sell to, and asking for a referral from this person.
When individuals complained about Clarke, their emails were forwarded directly to him with predictable consequences.
When individuals complained about Clarke, their emails were forwarded directly to him – with predictable consequences.
"My major client is an American company," begins Keith Newman, with what promises to be a predictable tale, "so first thing this morning I drafted a gloating email (saved in Drafts) in anticipation of a European victory.
This was the "WMD-in-45 minutes" claim that drove the email story around the world and earned it the drearily predictable "climategate" tag.
The allegation sparked the predictable media frenzy which started to look flaky on Thursday night when the full email sent by Mr Corry, one of the straightest special advisers in the business, was published.
