How a consumer protection law may be defeated by a faux consumer watchdog campaign By Daniel Loxton [Editor's note: This is republished from The Skeptic. The intention with this post is to illustrate how 'grass-roots' campaigns, activist causes and the like don't have play by the rules of transparency, accuracy and the free flow of information.] [...]
June 2, 2008
The problems in the response to Andrew Cohen at CBS At the end of a Sunday, the last thing I expect to find in my inbox is an email labeled “urgent news” from the Public Relations Society of America. The exact subject line: “Urgent News from PRSA: Response to CBS Story Challenging Public Relations.” Oh [...]
May 28, 2008
He had just gotten off of a plane after a 14-hour ride and was hauled away in handcuffs. “The worst part was having to walk past my fiancé in handcuffs. She had no idea what was happening and neither did I! When I was finally told that I was arrested on charges of rape, I about passed [...]
May 24, 2008
How wild horse advocates spin-doctor a volatile issue and spread misinformation They are one of Nevada’s most misunderstood attributes. From long eyelashes in Disney movies to the ongoing anthropomorphic attitudes expressed by all stripes of mostly well-intentioned folks, Nevada’s wild horses are universally admired. They are also endlessly mired in controversy. This is to be [...]
April 28, 2008
Reno blogger Ryan Jerz continues to face harassment for his outing of complaint-happy, former University of Nevada, Reno soccer coach Terri Patraw.Jerz outed Patraw’s–and/or her supporters’–online behavior, wherein it appeared as if all defenses of Patraw were coming from the same computer. First Patraw threatened to sue Jerz. Most recently, Jerz’s web host is being threatened with [...]
June 4, 2008