Comments on: The Blame Game http://positiveposition.com/blog/2006/01/06/the-blame-game/ A NEW and IMPROVED rant about the good, the bad, and the ugly in public relations. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Communication Overtones http://positiveposition.com/blog/2006/01/06/the-blame-game/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Communication Overtones Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:18:40 +0000 http://positiveposition.com/blog/?p=156#comment-135 <strong>The Epidemic Power of Rumor</strong> Rumor is powerful and word-of-mouth has an immense power to either aid or destroy. As communication practioners, we must account for this in our communication strategies. And International Coal Group (ICG) didnÂ’t step up against public sentiment to... The Epidemic Power of Rumor

Rumor is powerful and word-of-mouth has an immense power to either aid or destroy.

As communication practioners, we must account for this in our communication strategies. And International Coal Group (ICG) didnÂ’t step up against public sentiment to…

]]> By: stories from a Public Relations life » truth in the 24-hour news cycle http://positiveposition.com/blog/2006/01/06/the-blame-game/comment-page-1/#comment-126 stories from a Public Relations life » truth in the 24-hour news cycle Mon, 09 Jan 2006 05:19:53 +0000 http://positiveposition.com/blog/?p=156#comment-126 [...] Ike Pigott covers this topic in his post “The Blame Game.” What I couldn’t do was monitor everything that was going out. And sure enough, when a reporter (more likely a disc jockey) went crazy with imaginary information, it took me a while to find out about it. And it will drive you crazy, doing hours of interviews explaining why you can’t accept in-kind donations, only to find out a radio station is telling people what items to bring to your shelters. [...] [...] Ike Pigott covers this topic in his post “The Blame Game.” What I couldn’t do was monitor everything that was going out. And sure enough, when a reporter (more likely a disc jockey) went crazy with imaginary information, it took me a while to find out about it. And it will drive you crazy, doing hours of interviews explaining why you can’t accept in-kind donations, only to find out a radio station is telling people what items to bring to your shelters. [...]

]]> By: stories from a Public Relations life http://positiveposition.com/blog/2006/01/06/the-blame-game/comment-page-1/#comment-125 stories from a Public Relations life Mon, 09 Jan 2006 05:18:27 +0000 http://positiveposition.com/blog/?p=156#comment-125 <strong>truth in the 24-hour news cycle</strong> Can we get the facts straight in a 24-hour news cycle? The recent communications that ensued after Hurricane Katrina, during Hurricane Rita and the more recent mining tragedy show that news casters can and will go on the record with mis-information.... truth in the 24-hour news cycle

Can we get the facts straight in a 24-hour news cycle?
The recent communications that ensued after Hurricane Katrina, during Hurricane Rita and the more recent mining tragedy show that news casters can and will go on the record with mis-information….

]]> By: On Message from Wagner Communications http://positiveposition.com/blog/2006/01/06/the-blame-game/comment-page-1/#comment-122 On Message from Wagner Communications Mon, 09 Jan 2006 02:05:21 +0000 http://positiveposition.com/blog/?p=156#comment-122 <strong>Another view on coal mine disaster and crisis communications</strong> I didn't comment on last week's coal mine disaster in West Virigina and its PR implications ... in part because I hadn't followed the story closely, but also because I hate to second-guess people in crisis communications situations. Part of that ... Another view on coal mine disaster and crisis communications

I didn’t comment on last week’s coal mine disaster in West Virigina and its PR implications … in part because I hadn’t followed the story closely, but also because I hate to second-guess people in crisis communications situations.

Part of that …

]]> By: Peter Himler http://positiveposition.com/blog/2006/01/06/the-blame-game/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Peter Himler Sat, 07 Jan 2006 04:01:01 +0000 http://positiveposition.com/blog/?p=156#comment-120 Nicely said, Ike. And heartfelt too. This was a terrible tragedy. The invariable chaos in crises like this from a communications perspective is often not appreciated or understood by outside observers. Nicely said, Ike. And heartfelt too. This was a terrible tragedy. The invariable chaos in crises like this from a communications perspective is often not appreciated or understood by outside observers.

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