Wal-Mart Gives up Pretense of Independent Group
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
In 2005, the Edelman PR firm created the front group Working Families for Wal-Mart on behalf of their client, the retail giant.
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Santa Ho Ho Ho's for Coal
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An Industry Look at 2007's Biggest PR Blunders
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
Fineman PR of San Francisco, California, has released their list of top ten PR blunders of 2007. Topping the list at number one is "No Reporters? No Problem" -- the fake news conference staged by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) about their response to the California wild fires.
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Numbers Game
Submitted by Bob Burton on
In late November the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers announced the results of a survey of 353 East African corporate executives for its "Most Respected Company" award for 2007. The winner was the Kenyan mobile phone company, Safaricom. One of Safaricom's claims to fame is that it boasts the highest profits of any company in the region.
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Bush a Uniter -- of Iraqis, Against the U.S.
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The PR firm outed in 2005 for planting U.S. propaganda in Iraqi newspapers is still in Iraq, working for the U.S. military.
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New Participatory Project: Getting Behind GE's Green Gloss
Submitted by Bob Burton on
In May 2005 General Electric, which is now ranked as the world's tenth largest company, launched its "Ecomagination" PR campaign.
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Anonymously Defending Guantanamo from Criticism
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"US military personnel at Guantanamo Bay called Fidel Castro a transsexual and defended the prison for terrorism suspects in anonymous web postings," according to a new report.
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Heckuva Huckabee Non-Recollection
Submitted by Anne Landman on
Mike HuckabeeBaptist preacher and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee denies knowing about a financial boost he received from the R.J.
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Playing Public Relations Games
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"Sixty percent of US consumers polled agree that the government should regulate the sale of violent or mature video games," states a press release from the PR firm Hill & Knowlton (H&K).
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Unions to Lehane: You Down with AMPTP?
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
Concerned that public opinion is firmly on the side of striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) members, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) hired a bipartisan stable of new PR consultants.
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