PRSA and Jack O'Dwyer find themselves in an interesting dilemma. PRSA feels Mr. O'Dwyer maligns it unfairly. Mr. O'Dwyer feels PRSA maligns him unfairly. Both are right in my opinion – and equally relative to their actions.
But both are wrong in how they have gone and go about their relationship -- warring, snubbing, insulting, castigating, and close to, if not dead on, libeling. It's a terrible situation, embarrassing to the PR profession and all who believe in public accountability and fairness.
PRSA obviously treats Mr. O’Dwyer and his staff as second-class citizens; e.g., other trade media cover PRSA conferences without paying admission from what I know, and PRSA steadfastly refuses to provide financial reports and related information to O’Dwyer and other media that as an association it is required to provide under the law.
O’Dwyer, on the other hand, obviously treats PRSA as the embodiment of evil in the way it manages itself and represents its members; his coverage is often filled with vitriolic advice and counsel on how it should run its affairs, and he keeps reminding us of a law suit he had against PRSA 25 years ago. He has become too much of an advocate in areas that as a journalist (and a fine one) he shouldn't go. And PRSA as a professional association has become too much of an adversary of one reporter, making a mockery of the historical relationship of the PR profession and the press.
Regrettably, nothing will ever bring the two sides together. They are like the worst kind of divorce; neither party wants or chooses to forgive and forget, neither wants to move on constructively for the sake of the family (in this case, the PR profession and PRSA members, among them hundreds, if not thousands, of O'Dwyer subscribers and customers).
Would that all of this could be settled in court once and for all, but it can’t be if for no other reason than the costs and time involved.
I watch sadly from a distance and wonder how things ever came to such a dismal point.
My considered opinion: peevishness and pique. Nothing profound. Just two sides of a heated debate refusing to respect each other’s authority in their respective spheres of interest and influence.
Regrettably, their antics are like meat to those who challenge professional public relations’ ethics and value. They make us all look bad.
Why ramble when no facts or GOP are quoted? You only prove how blindly led the liberal party is. Observe all the facts and be willing to change your tune if unbais facts point you in the opposite direction.
The Question "Why ONLY Australia?" springs to mind.
You are being fooled by science-y sounding rubbish and I quote:
"Power Balance is based on the idea of optimizing the body’s natural energy flow, similar to concepts behind many Eastern philosophies. The hologram in Power Balance is designed to resonate with and respond to the natural energy field of the body"
Let's have a quick look at this science-y sounding rubbish.
"based on the idea of optimizing the body’s natural energy flow": What? Not on the actual optimizing, just the idea of optimizing" I wonder how that works?
"the body’s natural energy flow": Again, What? The human body has NEVER been shown to have an 'energy flow' Even the ancient idea of 'vital force' was discarded by science and medicine over 80 years ago.
"similar to concepts behind many Eastern philosophies": MORE BS? Only similar to the concepts of Eastern philosophies, not ACTUALLY any Eastern philosophies. They would have to name a philosophy for any comparisons to be made. They must have missed that.
"The hologram in Power Balance is designed to resonate with and respond to the natural energy field of the body": Yeah, yeah, it's DESIGNED to resonate and respond, that gets around actually saying that it DOES resonate and respond, because that WOULD be a straight out lie. And reinforce the 'natural energy field' rubbish some more.
and
Strangely, (or not) there is no mention of Australia on PowerBalance's website anymore.
Finally, Tests have shown that the bands do NONE of the things claimed, do not have ANY plausible method of action and are no better than a box of rubber bands from your local Office Supply store.
This is outrageous. All press should be treated the same. For PRSA to try to get O'Dwyer to pay for the conference is against the freedoms are country was built on. Even if a press organization didn't write an article about an event is not an excuse to prevent them entry or charge them a fee to attend future events. O'Dwyer did write about last year's conference and it was educational for many of us who read it. It is time for PRSA to realize some press will lik you and others won't. The best way to improve relations is to do the right thing and not the wrong thing. A sad example, especially for younger members of PRSA who learn from this example. It is not ok!
To me, those claims don't even sound remotely "science-y," but "new-age-y" in the lowest understanding of that term.
PRSA and Jack O'Dwyer find themselves in an interesting dilemma. PRSA feels Mr. O'Dwyer maligns it unfairly. Mr. O'Dwyer feels PRSA maligns him unfairly. Both are right in my opinion – and equally relative to their actions.
But both are wrong in how they have gone and go about their relationship -- warring, snubbing, insulting, castigating, and close to, if not dead on, libeling. It's a terrible situation, embarrassing to the PR profession and all who believe in public accountability and fairness.
PRSA obviously treats Mr. O’Dwyer and his staff as second-class citizens; e.g., other trade media cover PRSA conferences without paying admission from what I know, and PRSA steadfastly refuses to provide financial reports and related information to O’Dwyer and other media that as an association it is required to provide under the law.
O’Dwyer, on the other hand, obviously treats PRSA as the embodiment of evil in the way it manages itself and represents its members; his coverage is often filled with vitriolic advice and counsel on how it should run its affairs, and he keeps reminding us of a law suit he had against PRSA 25 years ago. He has become too much of an advocate in areas that as a journalist (and a fine one) he shouldn't go. And PRSA as a professional association has become too much of an adversary of one reporter, making a mockery of the historical relationship of the PR profession and the press.
Regrettably, nothing will ever bring the two sides together. They are like the worst kind of divorce; neither party wants or chooses to forgive and forget, neither wants to move on constructively for the sake of the family (in this case, the PR profession and PRSA members, among them hundreds, if not thousands, of O'Dwyer subscribers and customers).
Would that all of this could be settled in court once and for all, but it can’t be if for no other reason than the costs and time involved.
I watch sadly from a distance and wonder how things ever came to such a dismal point.
My considered opinion: peevishness and pique. Nothing profound. Just two sides of a heated debate refusing to respect each other’s authority in their respective spheres of interest and influence.
Regrettably, their antics are like meat to those who challenge professional public relations’ ethics and value. They make us all look bad.
The Question "Why ONLY Australia?" springs to mind.
You are being fooled by science-y sounding rubbish and I quote:
"Power Balance is based on the idea of optimizing the body’s natural energy flow, similar to concepts behind many Eastern philosophies. The hologram in Power Balance is designed to resonate with and respond to the natural energy field of the body"
Let's have a quick look at this science-y sounding rubbish.
"based on the idea of optimizing the body’s natural energy flow": What? Not on the actual optimizing, just the idea of optimizing" I wonder how that works?
"the body’s natural energy flow": Again, What? The human body has NEVER been shown to have an 'energy flow' Even the ancient idea of 'vital force' was discarded by science and medicine over 80 years ago.
"similar to concepts behind many Eastern philosophies": MORE BS? Only similar to the concepts of Eastern philosophies, not ACTUALLY any Eastern philosophies. They would have to name a philosophy for any comparisons to be made. They must have missed that.
"The hologram in Power Balance is designed to resonate with and respond to the natural energy field of the body": Yeah, yeah, it's DESIGNED to resonate and respond, that gets around actually saying that it DOES resonate and respond, because that WOULD be a straight out lie. And reinforce the 'natural energy field' rubbish some more.
and
Strangely, (or not) there is no mention of Australia on PowerBalance's website anymore.
Finally, Tests have shown that the bands do NONE of the things claimed, do not have ANY plausible method of action and are no better than a box of rubber bands from your local Office Supply store.
Good Luck
TWINARP
This is outrageous. All press should be treated the same. For PRSA to try to get O'Dwyer to pay for the conference is against the freedoms are country was built on. Even if a press organization didn't write an article about an event is not an excuse to prevent them entry or charge them a fee to attend future events. O'Dwyer did write about last year's conference and it was educational for many of us who read it. It is time for PRSA to realize some press will lik you and others won't. The best way to improve relations is to do the right thing and not the wrong thing. A sad example, especially for younger members of PRSA who learn from this example. It is not ok!
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