DOCTORING THE NEWS
Bill Ralston Blogs: It’s taken the mainstream media long enough to wake up to the fact it has been cleverly duped by an extraordinary guerrilla PR campaign. Well, some in the media are now waking up to...
View ArticleRantings, Ravings & Musings
Ok, ok, here’s the full Mea Culpa; I realise I haven’t been posting nearly enough recently (Note To Self; Must Try Harder) so here are a few Random Rantings and Musings: Random Thought #1 There’s a...
View ArticleThe Soundbite Tribes
In the Silly Season, lists, labels and mock awards reign supreme as columnists, hacks and bloggers scramble to write something, anything, in the news vacuum. Hey, I know this as much as any other poor...
View ArticleDr Strange-love; A Modern Media Morality Tale
There comes a time when virtually everyone in business and public life finds themselves in (to use a highly technical term) “deep doggy doo-doos”. This is a moment when the public and the media have,...
View ArticleShock, Horror!!! Holding The Front Page At The Royal NZ Herald
Notice anything different about the front page of the Royal New Zealand Herald lately? Take yesterdays headlines; “What Your Home’s Worth”, “The Envelope Please….Oscars Special” and “Mayoress Speaks...
View ArticleJulia Gillard; The Lady’s Not For Spurning
There’s nothing like a political coup, it’s equal parts destablization and exhilaration. The winner suddenly becomes a loser and bows to their challenger. And there’s nothing like an Australian...
View ArticleThe Laws of Crisis Management
Having reached a point where I thought no-one had anything to learn from whatever Michael Laws said or did, there are a couple of lessons from the sad, squalid, tawdry and downright silly saga of his...
View ArticlePaul Henry: Out To Lynch?
He’s less TVNZ’s “shock jock” (as the PM called him) and more likely, as “The Life Of Brian’s” Mum says, “ Just a naughty little boy.” Maybe his sleep deprivation had hit an all-time low, maybe he was...
View ArticleWinning The Battle But Losing The War
Obama may have notched up a major victory in the war against terrorism but he’s already lost the Communications War. On the one-hand we have a small, tightly knit group of top White House and National...
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