February 26th, 2008 — Media Relations, Media Training, PR, Public Relations
KSL ran a story last night called “
KSL examines a controversial therapy - detoxifying foot baths,” but the problem is it doesn’t sound controversial at all. Frankly, one might predict a boom in business because of it. Here’s a few examples why.
“We have a lady that comes in that has fibromyalgia,” said the employee. “…She called the next morning and said ‘I just have to tell you I woke up this morning with no pain and I have not done that in years.’”
February 22nd, 2008 — Politics, Public Relations
In some cases, the articles aren’t that bad, but the headlines?
5 - Clinton Donors Worried by Campaign’s Spending. Solution: Stop giving her money. The White House is no place to sharpen your spending habits.
4 - Gore to U.S., China: Fix climate or else. Or else what? You’ll make another movie?
3 - Photos suggest FLDS contractors using child labor. It sounds like a real problem, but fter reading the story, one can’t help but feel the FLDS may be getting picked on a little with the encouragement of some bitter contractors in St. George.
2 - Some say local animals felt Nevada earthquake. That whole “some” line is always fun. They quote one person in the story. “When they went in to clean the cats later in the morning, they seemed louder and more stressed than usual.” Last I remember cats are always loud when you try to clean them.
1 - Ann Coulter’s Credit Card Denied At Florida Supermarket.
Isn’t Florida just a magnet for political controversy.
February 21st, 2008 — Citizen Journalism, Newspaper
Remember this article from the New York Times?
Primary Choices: John McCain - The senator from Arizona is the best choice for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination.
via NY Times.
Yesterday, the Times ran a story questioning McCain’s ethics because of some ties to an attractive, blonde lobbyist. This was followed by a slew of news organizations questioning the Times’ decision to run the story.
The New York Times endorsed McCain for the Republican nomination on Jan. 25, when it was clearly working on this story and had the basic facts in hand.
February 20th, 2008 — Public Relations
“I’ll let you…”
“It requires a small favor of yours . . . ”
“I can sure help you now. Fair enough?”
This was all part of the sales pitch we heard at our office today (over speaker phone) as one of our employees toyed with the company that has called probably 25 times in the last two weeks. Finally, we took the call and tried to catch up on wasting their time as much as they had wasted ours. Fake name. Fake address. Fake phone number.
February 19th, 2008 — Politics
Ouch.
February 19th, 2008 — Blogging, Citizen Journalism, Media Relations, Public Relations
I think Say What You Will (Requiem for a TV News Career) is an important read about how laughable the idea of “objectivity” or “news” is in television news rooms in the United States.
I was asked to complete self-evaluations which pressed me to describe the ways in which I’d “increased shareholder value.” (For the record, if you’re a rank-and-file member of a newsroom, you should never under any circumstances even hear the word “shareholders,” let alone be reminded that you’re beholden to them.)
February 19th, 2008 — Utah Flash Design, Utah SEO, Utah Web Design
My company Fifty Studio is hiring. We’re currently looking for a PHP developer.
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- PHP/MySql
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February 14th, 2008 — Public Relations
May 22 is the day . . .
