June 2008
"Poncy Little Masturbators"
Coldplay have gone through the usual modern mechanics of releasing a record, giving away their first single as a free download – pretty obvious stuff really. In fact the whole promotion feels lightweight, polarizing critics and fans. It feels as if it’s more about attempts to make Chris Martin become an edgy pop star with […]
Smoke off
For all those PRs who spend their time peddling cigarettes………. Yes I know! Their job is to warn people of the dangers of smoking….. but unfortunately cigarettes still hold a huge amount of cool. This morning’s papers were littered with cool personalities, all with cigarettes in hand – Robbie Williams, Simon Cowell, John Lydon and […]
Gordon Brown and his PR pixies
Lance Price nails the problems at the “Team Brown” in today’s Media Guardian . “As the government lurches from one crisis to another, the string-pullers and spin doctors are noticeable by their absence” The issue is that Gordy lacks charisma and the bunch of heavywieht advisors around him, do not have the collective ability to […]
The truth about bloggers
Great quote from a well-known FT scribbler, his identity is anonymous to save his blushes. “Whenever some PR geek says, “Oh, I must write a blog about…” I feel it is the same as someone saying pop round sometime to see my holiday snaps “
Why John McCain is a public relations liability
The John McCain spin machine is going to have its work cut out in the race for the White House. This clip suggests that the Republican will provide some wonderful soundbites. I would love to know who has been awarded the media training gig for the run.
Dinosaurs are us
I smiled when I read the comment Stephen Glover made in The Mail today: “If the apprentice is a true reflection of British business, God help us!” I absolutely agree. The winner, Lee McQueen – dubbed the ‘rough diamond’ – is more famous for his backwards pterodactyl impersonation and for lying about being at University […]
White House spin doctors tactics uncovered
I am fascinated by the White House press secretary Ari Fleischer jumping to the defense of members of the White House press corps.
Naked Wii girl causes fuss with clever PR stunt
News today of a girl become a YouTube sensation by gyrating in her underwear to Nintendo’s Wii Fit game is slightly suspect I fear. Apparently Lauren Bernat’s boyfriend filmed her and then put the video on YouTube without her knowing and now she’s been watched by nearly two million people. Amazing if it’s true, but […]
Pig in boots
Every paper has featured the story about the picky piglet who doesn’t like walking in mud. It’s a great stunt which I believe was originally set up to promote a sausage making business. Someone has given the story to a news agency which has sold it in to the papers but sadly, with no reference […]