Politics & PR rumble, tumble, toil ‘n trouble
McCain’s Obama onslaught, launching negative ads that generate buzz in the pre-convention lull, is smart PR, what you expect from a wounded combatant. He’s using the media to generate media attention way beyond the ad buys alone. The first “negative” ad, which reportedly ran only six times in local markets, serves as the shot off [...]
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Posted in News on Jul 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
A couple of Wisenheimer Brooklyn guys questioned my memory in the week-in-review post. They are correct - P.S. 244 is a grade school in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, that I went to earlier. The public school in Gerritsen Beach is P.S. 277. See proof below, second from the bottom, second from the right. I am the goofy [...]
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Jew on Jew Violence
My first day in grade school at P.S. 244 (correction: it’s P.S. 277) in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, a tall Irish thug named Patrick Selkirk introduced himself by sharing his favorite joke: “What’s the fastest means of transportation?” asked Patrick. I shrugged. “Throw a penny and hop on a Jews back,” he said and Patrick and his [...]
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Posted in News, PR Practices on Jul 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
New York Times curmudgeon and PR basher Joe Nocera remains unrepentant for his mean outing of a PR person who dared send him a pitch he did not approve of.
In a blog post yesterday he defends his public ridicule of Amanda Miller of Nike Communications for what he sees as blatant stupidity. Says the fashion-challenged Nocera: ”What [...]
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Posted in News, PR Practices on Jul 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
He described the Pope’s meeting with victims as a cynical move designed by public relations experts. “It doesn’t alter things, because it’s purely public relations,” Dr Barrett told Fairfax Radio Network. “It’s all about just managing the crisis … it’s typical, they (the church) always do it in this way.” - see story in theage.com.au
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Loren Feldman Goes Too Far
“How do you know you’ve gone too far until you go there?” - anon | This quote should be on the 1938Media web site. As we know, Loren Feldman, the ganza macher of 1938Media, likes to push the edges. Technigga, his digital trilogy to racial stereotypes and the vacuity of social media, was perhaps his [...]
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Posted in Media, News, PR Practices on Jul 16th, 2008 6 Comments »
Okay, maybe he’s not big and fat. Nocera, the curmudgeonly New York Times business columnist who has a long history of flagrant animosity toward PR people has had a flare-up. Apparently, he had nothing of substance to blog about so he holds up a PR pitch for ridicule. That’s an old trick that is supposed to [...]
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