Puerto Rico has introduced a bill in Congress to become a US state. One wonders if this is a dream or a real possibility. Puerto Rico has terrible PR and the island is a ruin since the hurricane savaged it in 2017. Should it become a state rather than a possession, it will quickly hold […]
Posted on June 29th, 2018 by admin
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The Supreme Court’s decision yesterday to strike down mandatory payments to public employee unions was a blow to the unions, which depend on a consistent flow of money to survive. The leaders must now persuade public servants to join their ranks and fight for better wages and benefits. It is a time for PR — […]
Posted on June 28th, 2018 by admin
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The Comcast Disney fight over Fox assets might get more bitter as days pass. Comcast is determined to have Fox for its content and networks. Fox doesn’t want Comcast, however, because it is concerned a merger will be disallowed by the government. Disney and Comcast are engaged in a multi-billions bidding war. Comcast is looking […]
Posted on June 27th, 2018 by admin
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This is a reason why accuracy is of utmost necessity in the media and in PR. The picture of the crying toddler as her mother was detained turns out not to be what it was thought to be. The little girl stayed with her mother and was not ripped away as everyone thought. With heightened […]
Posted on June 26th, 2018 by admin
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Sometimes an organization is boxed in and cannot speak when it should. This is especially true of personnel matters. Consider the case of an African-American, female astronaut who was slated to spend a lengthy period of time on the space station. She trained and was ready to go when NASA cancelled her mission without explanation. […]
Posted on June 25th, 2018 by admin
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IBM is a master of the publicity stunt to demonstrate capabilities of its hardware and software. Here is the latest effort. Apparently, the machine held its own against debate champions in an argument over “whether whether space exploration should be subsidized, and whether we should increase the use of telemedicine.” The stunt was designed to gain […]
Posted on June 22nd, 2018 by admin
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Last January, Microsoft was only too willing to discuss the company’s work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Today, it is downplaying its efforts and removing mentions of ICE from its communications. The tide turned quickly with the onset of the government’s now-ended practice of separating children from their migrant parents at the border. Microsoft’s […]
Posted on June 21st, 2018 by admin
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Charleston, SC is apologizing for its deep involvement in the slave trade nearly 200 years ago. It is late but still a good step to acknowledge its error. Nothing can change the fact that nearly 100,000 slaves passed through its market. As the article notes, “Forty percent of Africans forcibly brought to the US set foot […]
Posted on June 20th, 2018 by admin
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As if Trump’s border difficulties aren’t enough of bad PR, he is doubling down on Chinese tariffs in another public relations and economic blunder. As noted yesterday, the Trump Administration will long serve as case studies in maladroit public relations and governance. Both his critics and his supporters are left wondering from day to day […]
Posted on June 19th, 2018 by admin
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President Trump has stepped into another PR crisis of his own making. This time it is the separation of families at the border. Trump claims it is a Democratic law and the Democrats should change it. Impartial observers say the prior law has nothing to do with splitting children away from parents. Condemnation of the […]
Posted on June 18th, 2018 by admin
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