It’s no surprise that the hubbub around U.S. News & World Report college rankings is rearing its head. A PR issue is raised with such a report: Journalists, in this case, the media outlet known as the U.S. News & World Report, present themselves as the de facto spin doctors of misinformation. Re-framing journalists as spin doctors is, perhaps, [...]
August 19, 2007
In the late 1990s, President Bill Clinton was accused of selling burial plots at Arlington National Cemetery. The scandal made front page news all over the country. The problem: none of it was true. Lanny Davis, Clinton’s former special counsel, explains why this happened in part two of this exclusive interview for The Good, The [...]
August 14, 2007
B-baller Barry Bonds announced today that he has hired attorneys to scour news coverage in order to sue anybody who has defamed him. The feeling is understandable. There’s no doubt Bonds’ reputation has been damaged by allegations (true or otherwise). The problem, though, is that Bonds will make the situation worse by giving his critics [...]
August 13, 2007
Knowing when you’re under attack may seem obvious at first thought. The truth, however, is that any business or organization can come under attack for even innocuous reasons. The Information Age has made damning allegations that much more convenient to make, and these attacks most often have an online component–the Internet being the main medium of criticism. Individuals, [...]
August 7, 2007
Even though I read and monitor more than 50 media outlets, including blogs and radio, every day, that the New York Times is considering posting its columns free smacks of being incredibly out of touch–if the news outlet is concerned about being a market leader. In this day and age, if it’s not online and free, it’s likely [...]
August 22, 2007
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