Media Spin

Enter the Golden Age of PR: Exit Reality

Schuyler Brown | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media


Schuyler Brown

Brands are ditching advertising, which is really pretty transparent in its intentions, in favor of spin and PR, which really is not. This shift is partly because advertising is failing and partly because PR is right for the times.

As the New Year Begins, Issues to Think More Deeply About

Danny Schechter | Posted 02.02.2009 | Media


Danny Schechter

The New Year may be here but last year's problems and crimes have stuck to our shoes and we can't seem to scrape them off. This was the least festive...

Battling Media Bias

Stefan Deeran | Posted 01.29.2009 | Media


Stefan Deeran

A better way to improve our public discourse is to create forums where people with different biases and views actually have a reason to interact with each other.

The Floods: Army Corps Says PR Firms Transform "Babblers" into "Spokespersons"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.01.2008 | Green


Georgianne Nienaber

The Army Corps has known for some time that the levee systems needed restructuring. It appears that rather than improving them, they chose to hire PR firms to help with crisis communications.