Archive for September, 2008
Quick PR check-up in the aftermath of failed Wall Street bailout vote
1 Comment Published by les September 29th, 2008 in Uncategorized.“Ben Bernanke likes to say there are no atheists in fox holes, well General Bernanke just called in from the fox hole and said we want a nuclear strike. It’s that radical and we’re going ‘is it really that bad?’” — John Cochrane, finance professor, University of Chicago.
Some 200 economists — including three Nobel Prize [...]
Status quo despite snap polls suggesting Obama debate win
0 Comments Published by les September 26th, 2008 in Uncategorized.Primacy and recency are the effects by which most debates are scored. As for presidential candidates, delivery, tone, and demeanor matter as much, if not more. Obama’s challenge in the first debate was to appear presidential without being professorial, particularly on foreign policy matters. As for McCain, this was his opportunity to show his experience, [...]
McCain’s disastrous PR gambit — A lesson in crisis communication
0 Comments Published by les September 25th, 2008 in Uncategorized.John McCain committed a potentially fatal public relations error yesterday in his presidential campaign. We’ll know for sure on the night of Nov. 4. However, as a public relations counselor, I would like to focus on the enormously significant PR lessons from this episode because they do cross over to the boundaries of what the [...]
