ABC News’ Journalism #Fail

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Did we see the understatement of the year just as 2016 got moving? The first weekend of the new year saw militia members occupying the headquarters of an Oregon wildlife preserve. In a reaction to federal prison sentences handed down to two Oregon ranchers convicted of committing arson against federal land, …

Online News and Reputation Management

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Hard evidence for the importance of fact checking Late last month a PRWeb press release went out stating that Google had acquired Rhode Island-based ICOA Wireless for some $400 million. It’s not unusual for the big G to pick up a smaller company, so what’s the problem? Well, how about …

Nine Years Young!

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Hopefully my readers will forgive me a bit of horn-tooting here as I celebrate another successful year for Crisis Manager! This newsletter has been a major part of my life – publishing two issues a month, every month, with very few exceptions during its entire nine-year run. I’d like to …

Internet: The Ultimate Medium

Jonathan Bernstein crisis management, Journalism

I wrote an article a couple of years ago that is even more pertinent and true today. The Internet is the Ultimate Medium and it can be a cross between tabloid journalism and a gladiator competition, between Pollyanna and Pandora, where minds meet and merge, clash and clamor and where …