Friday March 29, 2024

Face Of Disaster

The Miami-Dade mayor is performing an essential but gut-wrenching role — the face of disaster.  She is the one stepping before cameras daily to explain what rescuers are doing on the pile of concrete from the collapsed tower.  She didn’t have to take the job.  She could have left it to a leader of the […]

Change Of Heart?

According to this article, NASA is fighting to save the Hubble space telescope.  If so, it is a change of heart.  NASA publicly wanted to mothball Hubble in favor of a new scope set to be launched soon. If it is fighting hard to save Hubble, it understands the positive PR the scope has produced […]

What Can They Do?

The condo board of the collapsed building in Surfside, FL has hired a crisis PR firm.  The reason is to handle hundreds, if not thousands, of media queries and to stick to the facts of the case as they are known for the moment.  The situation in which the board finds itself is not good.  […]

One Chance

Some organizations and individuals have one chance to get actions and statements right.  If they declare a “mulligan”, they lose credibility, which is hard to win back.  That’s the situation in which the New York Board of Elections finds itself this morning.  It botched the count for the Democratic primary for mayor.  The board included […]

So Hot

The Pacific Northwest is burning in triple-digit temperatures.  So too, western Canada.  The East Coast of the US is sweltering.  It is evidence that climate change is here to stay.  One would hope climate skeptics understand now that getting rid of CO2 in the atmosphere is not just a good thing to do but necessary.  […]

Too Big?

UK regulators are going after Amazon and Google for failing to remove fake product reviews on their sites.  The two companies are working to control the manipulation but it continues to be a headache.  This is a PR crisis for both.  One wonders if Amazon and Google have grown too large to capture fraud.  There […]

PR And Skin Tones

 Google is pursuing good PR by searching for a better distinction of skin tones.   “At issue is a six-color scale known as Fitzpatrick Skin Type (FST), which dermatologists have used since the 1970s. Tech companies now rely on it to categorize people and measure whether products such as facial recognition systems or smartwatch heart-rate sensors […]

Forcing The Issue

The National Football League is forcing the vaccination issue with its players through an onerous set of restrictions for those who don’t get the jab.  It is an example of negative persuasion and it is intended to ostracize those who haven’t complied with COVID rules.  Some players are complaining already.  It is hard to feel sorry […]

Bully

It is hard to maintain good public relations when acting a bully.   That is the situation facing China as it sent 28 planes into Taiwanese air space then issued a warning to other nations to stay out of its internal affairs.  China considers Taiwan its possession and is intent on taking over the island.  It […]

Deputized

President Biden is sending his cabinet members throughout the US to sell his ambitious and costly agenda.  That is smart communications but is it enough?  The public wants to hear from the top with reassurance that proposed laws will help and not plunge the country into inflation and overwhelming debt.  Cabinet members are vital to […]