Do people truly think that if you’re in the public eye, you can somehow escape scrutiny? Either Sven was naïve (and he continues to express puzzlement at the rules of celebrity culture – viz “It is always difficult to understand that whoever has this job should be a saint, should not earn a lot of…
I have just completed work on a BBC3 documentary entitled Iraq: How the War was Spun My contribution to the programme is an investigation of the role of PR in promoting the Gulf war, and in controlling our perceptions of the conflict. The ineluctable conclusion is that you and I and anyone with an ounce…
Embedded: Simpson could not know the publicists’ sophisticated manipulation of his reports I have just completed work on a BBC3 documentary entitled Iraq: One Year On. My contribution to the programme is an investigation of the role of PR in promoting the Gulf war, and in controlling our perceptions of the conflict. The ineluctable conclusion…
I’ve just completed work on a BBC 3 documentary entitled “Iraq: One Year On”. In my part it investigates the role of PR in promoting the Gulf War, and in controlling our perceptions of the conflict. The ineluctable conclusion is that you and I, and anyone with an ounce of humanity, think of war in…
What’s wrong with tap water? I drink it every day. And if someone can give some good old British water a bit of a hi-tech going over, it’s got to be even better. Better than that poncey stuff they dig out of holes in the ground in the Alps. And what’s the real thing in…
So to the Dasani debacle. Before I go into all that PR apocalypse stuff (which actually just boils down to lazy thinking) let’s just step back from the furore for a minute. What’s wrong with tap-water? I drink it every day. And if someone can give some good old British water a bit of a…
A great couple of weeks on the brands-discover-how-to-get-media-by-setting-up-a-stunt front. First there was the big Barbie/Ken Valentine’s Day break-up. I’d seen it coming: she’d been playing around with girls all over the place for years, and she’s got quite a history of making an exhibition of herself. Then there was Ultimo’s masterstroke of dumping Rod’s current…
It’s been a great couple of weeks for brands discovering how to get media coverage by setting up a stunt. First there was the big Barbie/Ken Valentine’s Day split. I’d seen it coming; she’d been playing around with girls all over the place for years, and has quite a history of making an exhibition of…
There seems no point to rush to judgement and speculate on how long the media and marketing community are going to focus on the I am A Celebrity Crowd. Perhaps I will revisit all my rash predictions in a month or so to see if their true potential has been capalized upon. Watch as their…
Fox News called last night, wanting an opinion on the collapse of the BBC. I told them no collapse had happened, so they terminated the interview, thanked me for my time and rang off. Clearly it didn’t suit their agenda, which was to gloat over the supposed decline of a once-great news-gathering institution.