Michael Rogers, a blogger who was on NewsChannel 8 promoting “Outrage,” a new documentary on closet homosexual politicians and activists who “out them.” Rogers could barely get his promotional explanation out on what the video entails, which is the sole purpose he was invited on the show.
Isn’t that the old adage? The shoemakers children don’t have shoes? That’s what I think of when I read the Feb. 10 review of “PR: A Persuasive Industry” in USA Today.
The article starts out with this…
Sleazy. Disingenuous. These are words used in U.K. newspaper coverage of the public relations industry. PR, oddly enough, doesn’t have [...]
My friend Eric Seidel is a professional media trainer who has worked both on the media side and the client side. He has Fortune 100 experience and works with top executives.
He recently wrote a blog post called, “Get ’spin’ out of your lexicon.” He goes on to say it’s bad for your business health because [...]
I am a Beatles fan — not an over-the-top fan — but I have traveled to Beatles Fest, I own a few books and some memorabilia, and I did brag about having a two-minute conversation with George Harrison’s sister for about six months. So why am I just now hearing about John Lennon coming back to life [...]
Every night I watch CBS2Chicago news leading right into David Letterman’s hilarious opening act. I love the first 20 minutes of Letterman! This past Monday, there was a very interesting story about a company, Environmental Technical Institute (ETI), pitching future employees into buying what ETI has to offer.
Dan Abrams, the former general manager of MSNBC, is launching a media-strategy firm, according to today’s Wall Street Journal. His advantage is using a panel of journalists if your company faces a difficult public relations isssue to “weigh in on how media outlets would likely respond to different PR strategies.”
One of Abrams’s investors believes “big [...]
As the presidential election closes in on its final days, I want to look to the media for answers. I want to know who’s really in the lead. I want to know who won the debates. I want to know the facts – the accurate, clean-cut, straight-up facts. Can I get a straight answer out [...]
Over the past couple years posting on FADS I have come to find that spin can appear in all shapes and sizes. Spin doesn’t hate against color or race or religion or class. But how do you spot spin? The real question is; how do you know when you’re being spun?
Wait until next year
Another year is wasted. T-shirts with beer stains and tears permanently on them are now tucked away in dressers; hats are place neatly on bedroom racks, and bank accounts of many Wrigleyville residents are showing signs of normalcy — well, at least mine is. Yes, the Chicago Cubs 2008 season is over [...]
A spin spotter? Come on. First of all it’s one thing to push blame of spin on PR people but how lazy do we think newspapers are that they need spinoculars?
Apparently, there is a new program for journalists to download and it catches any bias or spin in their pieces. As Katherine asks the question [...]
