Flacks

The Perino Conundrum: PR's Expert Inexperts

Martin Luz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martin Luz

Sometimes a story just sticks with you. Such is the crazy and amusing story of Dana Perino - Bush's White House House Press Secretary - who admitted she had no idea what the Cuban Missile Crisis was.

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Jason Linkins

BCS Flack Fleischer Compares Hated Football System To Macy's Parade

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ari Fleischer BCS, Macys-Thanksgiving-Day-Parade, Macys-Day-Parade, Football, Ari Fleischer, Flacks, Eat the Press, Media News

I have to tell you, when I heard that former Bush flack Ari Fleischer had been engaged as the new face of shillery for the college football Bowl Champ...

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Hollywood Flacks Provide Better Party Security Than the Secret Service

Rich Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House Party Crashers, Reality TV, Kathy Griffin, Congressional Grandstanding, Hollywood, Flacks, Secret Service, Entertainment News
Rich Robinson

If those two showed up at a party I was working, I would have gladly sent them packing, back to their rented limo. My clipboard was sacrosanct and no deviations were tolerated!

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Introducing "The Axed Hack's Guide to Flacking"

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Good Writing Skills, Condescension Toward PR People, Gumby, USA Today, Great Skills, Good Social Skills, Holding Your Hand, Bad Attitudes, Media News, Gap Stores, Wimpiness, GM Nod, Flacks, Mother Love, Bad PR, Media News
Richard Laermer

PR is not the dark side any more. Here is how to determine whether you've got the goods to make it in our hood--particularly since tons of reporters need jobs.

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