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  • Reply to: Making Ads to Promote Drug Companies that Make Ads   18 years 7 months ago

    Merck's Len Tacconi said the campaign is "not self-serving in any way."

    Are your investors aware of this, Len? Can you give us the list of Merck employees who have been fired or fined for violating their legal duty to increase shareholder value by participating in this non-self-serving project?

  • Reply to: Voice-Over America   18 years 7 months ago
    The "begging" is going to have to stop! "Viewers like you" and those who also pay taxes, have learned to turn off "beg week" ... and will forget to turn public stations on again if all they get is privately underwritten propaganda ... At our house, we're finding alternatives left and right (but not so much as left). We like Sundance Channel and Air America Radio, and the C-SPANs even! VOA has way more competition than it ever had before. It's hard to imagine what the White House is hoping to accomplish.
  • Reply to: You Can't Be Neutral on a Freedom Walk, Media Told   18 years 7 months ago
    Is Stan just saying that because anybody can say anything these days, true or not, factual or not, supported by nothing, and it is supposed to go unchallenged and be ok? This is a real "Well, duh" ... Should somebody tell him? Or is it hopeless?
  • Reply to: Voluntary Soda Jerks as PR   18 years 7 months ago
    Voluntary restrictions have a history of working very well. For instance, we hardly have any pollution ever since the big industrial companies started voluntarily cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions. -- esp
  • Reply to: Fake News as Free Speech   18 years 7 months ago
    Just wondering out loud how typical news releases are viewed versus VNRs. Both serve the same purpose but use different formats. Is there an outcry on news releases? While some in PR are unethical, most are ethical. Ultimately, it's up to the media outlet to decide what is news and what is not. And, yes I work in public relations. -- Mike

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