Embarrassing PR gaffs…..
In –house PR folk are caught declaring only ‘muppets’ would ditch O2 for 3 From the Register Read on ….
Max Mosely PR meltdown
Experts: Mosley must go quiet over orgy claims LONDON, England (CNN) — Motor sport boss Max Mosley needs a period of “dignified silence” before finding friends willing to help rebuild his image after claims about his role in a sado-masochistic orgy with five prostitutes, according to media experts By Glen Scanlon For CNN Mark Borkowski,…
Can Max Mosley survive at the helm of the FIA?
Yes – Mark Borkowski, Media commentator and publicist Can a personality survive the sort of scandal enveloping the beleaguered FIA president, Max Mosley? Of course, but it all depends on their attitude to how the media are reporting the story. It is an unenviable situation of deep personal pain. At least Max can afford good…
The Journey of Harmony
Thanks for Pete Fraser for sending me this link to the History News Network . An article on this rather good site highlights the origin of the Olympic torch relay. Not good news that it was engineered for the Nazi Games in Berlin. Its apposite that the BCOG have taken a leaf from Nazis lexicography…
China's Olympic PR nightmare
China’s Olympic PR nightmare April 07th, 2008 | Category: Mark My Words After a week in the depths of the French countryside without access to the internet, I returned yesterday to the utter madness of the Olympic torch relay procession through London. How could this blatant PR stunt for the Chinese government have been allowed…
Heathrow Terminal 5 the PR disaster
The opening of Terminal 5 at Heathrow has been a complete PR meltdown! So far, 70 flights have been cancelled and irate travelers spitting blood are wandering the concourse trying to reclaim luggage. I hear its going to get worse with more cancellations expected over the weekend. What a PR disaster especially when the media…
Ab fab alive but lost in showbiz
My attention has been drawn to Lost in the Showbiz a website set up to celebrate the weight of witless, achingly silly PR guff. The site declares that it yearns to share all the inane crap it receives with the world. Gawd, I feel my age! The explosion of airhead PRs, who make Eddy Monsoon…
Cold Mud and Monsanto
Cold Mud www.coldmud.com – the excellent site that links you to all you need to know about food posted Monsanto profit news this morning. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a1GHj4N2tLEI&refer=us – All very interesting. Some time ago, Coldmud reminded us that Monsanto invented Agent Orange, “herbicide and defoliant” used by the States Armed Forces in its Warfare programme during the “Vietnam War. Between 1963 and…
Miss Bimbo Ploy
There’s been much talk about a website that has created a game called Miss Bimbo where children as young as nine years old are invited to become the most famous, beautiful, sought after bimbo across the globe. It’s certainly got most of the broadsheets and blogs here frothing at the mouth in their attack on…
First the split, then the court fight. What now for Ms Mills?
As her celebrity persona passes into temporary obscurity perhaps its time to stop and take a close look at the Heather Mills phenomenon. Not since the cult of Myra Hindley have we encountered so much vitriol aimed at one woman. Poor Heather has been on a rough ride and taken a long drop into a…