Mark My Words
Trouble in Stoke On Trent
Watching Peter Hain on Question Time last night wriggling and spinning around the semantics of the debate on WMD conjured in my mind a mental picture of King Canute trying to hold the sea back. The fundamentals of PR centre on trust and belief in the virtue of a product. The painfully loyal Tony Toady […]
RADIO HOST AXED FOR CRITICIZING BUSH ON IRAQ
This is scary and post Hutton should remind us all to be vigelent Leftists aren’t the only dissenters from the war in Iraq to feel the consequences of the Clear Channel’s pro-war tilt. Radio talk show host Charles Goyette, a Goldwater Reaganite, has been bumped from his slot and expects to lose his job because […]
Ahead of the Pack
The current issue of PR Week has a front page story that reveals the multi millionaire Irish racehorse owner John Mangier has employed Brian Maclaurin, to spin for him in his battle against Alex Ferguson. I would like to point out that our fantasy PR league, PRSM, found on this site, broke this news week […]
SAVE ME FROM LEAFLET MOOKS
Walking to work this morning I was accosted by a small skinny man dressed as a boxer complete with a head guard. He thrust a flyer for a new fitness centre called Gym Box into my empty hand . The bright leaflet was a manifesto declaring the virtues of this happening jointI I put in […]
STUNNING TWATS AND MIGHTY MIDGETS
I hear that ever so pass� sales guerrilla marketing company Cunning Stunts have changed their name and are moving to New York. Suspect that might mean they have employed a geezer with a pony tail to man a phone. I might be wrong! The trouble with those that peddle guerrilla marketing is that its all […]
Time for a return of new, improved, souped up Campbell's skills?
So triumphant Tone is on a roll. It looks as if Hutton has given him a frightening faith in the mighty power of the God of Independent Enquiry. But be warned: perhaps this false idol will be a propaganda twist too far. The pre-emptive groundwork is underway, with the “we needed to get rid of […]
Things Fox News doesn't want to hear, part 1
Fox News has just called wanting some thoughts on the BBC. “Isn’t the corporation’s reputation trashed, and its future utterly compromised by Hutton and the subsequent resignations?” Well no, I disagree completely. I explain why. The line goes fuzzy, they say there’s a problem with the connection, and they’ll call me back. Twenty minutes later […]
Waiting for a word on Hutton, Dyke, Davies, Campbell, Hoon and Blair?
Check out Stuntwatch tomorrow: it’ll take more than 30 seconds to knock this into shape.
Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells writes: this is shameful, outrageous, disgusting etc …
Knighthoods are there for the taking at the moment. Mr (soon to be Sir?) Trevor Kavanagh of The Sun crowns a glorious career in the service of Her Majesty’s Government today by casually leaking The Sun’s version of the Hutton Report’s conclusion. At a stroke, the government’s message (sorry, The Sun’s message) has set the […]