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Jan Brewer, Symbol of American Politics “Gone Bad”

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s election campaign people must be in shock after the good governor’s latest gaffs. A segment via AP during a recent election debate shows Brewer nearly stunned. With all that has happened, and Brewer’s almost wild statements of late, many wonder at American politicians overall. Is meltdown inevitable in today’s politics?

5Sep2010 | Phil Butler | 0 comments | Continued
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Absolutely Public Relations’ big fail in the challenging world of social media

When it comes to social media, everyone is an expert! The latest example of social media PR fail is Denver-based Absolutely Public Relations and their low quality work for client accounting firm Holben Hay Balzer CPAs. They won today’s PR Goofy Award!

9Aug2010 | Alina Popescu | 7 comments | Continued
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Coca-Cola Forced to Pull Facebook Campaign …. Porn Jokes Aren’t Funny

Coca-Cola is considering cutting ties with [digital agency] Lean Mean Fighting Machine which created a Facebook campaign that parents are accusing of targeting children by using jokes/references to a pornographic movie. The soft-drink behemoth has been under some serious scrutiny after the campaign for the Dr. Pepper brand. They have informed the agency that it must stop all advertising work on Coca-Cola brands until a decision is reached on whether to terminate the relationship.

22Jul2010 | Ryan Cox | Comments Off | Continued
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Ribery Sex Scandal, More Bad PR for the French National Soccer Team

France’s national soccer team is facing a new wave of bad PR after the poor performance at the recently ended World Cup. Star footballers Frank Ribery and Karim Benzema are involved in a sex scandal, facing questioning for having allegedly solicited an underage prostitute.

20Jul2010 | Alina Popescu | 1 comment | Continued
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USDA Director Resigns, Maybe They All Should

A USDA official resigns after muttering racially motivated comments at a NAACP meeting in Georgia. Racism and discrimination is our ugliest foe no matter who condones it. Ms. Sherrod deserves no more criticism than the Department of Agriculture, the NAACP, of the Tea Party movement for that matter.

20Jul2010 | Phil Butler | 1 comment | Continued
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Even Steve Jobs Isn’t Above Mud-Slinging

Jobs tried to deflect blame to what Apple dubbed ‘attenuation’ which was poor brand management.

20Jul2010 | Ryan Cox | 5 comments | Continued
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Sarah Palin’s Refudiate Tweet, Sign of a True Leader

Sarah Palin joins the ranks of this generation’s greatest leaders – using un-terms like “refudiate” is a red badge of courage for any politician seeking the Presidency. Palin’s Tweet to Moslem religious leaders, warming them off building a mosque near Ground Zero, reflects Washington’s respect for the American people’s intelligence too.

19Jul2010 | Phil Butler | Comments Off | Continued
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Infowars, Not Obama’s Only Nemesis

Alex Jones had released his official statement at Infowars.com regarding the alleged censorship of his movies, “Obama Deception” and “Fall of the Republic.”

19Jul2010 | Sheepy | 16 comments | Continued
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NAACP – genuinely concerned or following political agenda?

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or NAACP, viewed by some as US’ leading civil rights group has recently issued a statement at its annual convention in Kansas City, Mo. which attempts to discredit another well known American movement, The Tea Party. Based and never proven accusations and displaying a blatant lack [...]

15Jul2010 | Alina Popescu | 1 comment | Continued
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The Sun Chronicle Charges Readers to Comment. Brilliant Marketing, or PR Gaffe?

The Sun Chronicle reinvents its comments policy by forcing its readers to register their name, address, phone number and a legitimate credit card number in order to be able to post comments on the site. The credit card will be charged a one-time fee of 99 cents to activate the account.

12Jul2010 | Mihaela Lica | 3 comments | Continued
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