1. April 9, 2009

    Public Relations in a Political Crisis

    I have one friend from the country of Georgia, and we were talking on the phone when President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia appeared on NBC News to discuss the recent Georgian crisis. Saakashvili compared Russia’s current actions to those of its predecessor, the Soviet Union, in 1956 in Hungary and 1968 in what was then Czechoslovakia. (Read more…)

  2. April 9, 2001

    Public Relations Home Runs in Short Supply Following Mitchell Report Release

    The release of the Mitchell Report, a two-year investigation headed by former Senator George Mitchell into the use of performance-enhancing drugs by Major League Baseball (“MLB”) players, has proved to be a bonanza for public relations voyeurs. Players named in the report have employed a wide range of public relations tactics with mixed results. (Read more…)