Ivy Mendoza of Manila, Philippines writes: “My small PR firm just got an account that needs a lot of exposure in the lifestyle sections. The previous PR person had been sacked due to some anomalies which she was supposed to have committed while conniving with the client’s marketing department. “To neutralize the situation, the marketing people have… Read More
Media Bias
Palin daughter’s pregnancy: Fair game for Publicity Hounds
When the news of GOP Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s pregnant 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, broke over the weekend, Barack Obama was quick to issue an order to his campaign workers to “back off.” Family members of candidates aren’t fair game, he warned. “We don’t go after people’s families, we don’t get them involved in the politics. It’s… Read More
Media bias helped Spitzer’s rise to power
I wish journalists everywhere would read the column headlined “Spitzer’s Media Enablers” in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. It was written by Kimberley A. Strassel, who covered the well-publicized investigations of Eliot Spitzer, the former New York prosecutor and governor who fell from grace this week after hiring high-priced call girls. Strassel writes the Journal’s Potomac Watch column… Read More
Media interviews frightening? This card deck will help
At times, I dislike doing media interviews, particularly with reporters at top-tier publications whose interview style makes me feel rushed, or I suspect the journalist is either dense or biased. Crisis counselor Lou Hampton of the Hampton Group in Washington, D. C. says we don’t have to be afraid. He offers these six handy phrases to use during interviews: “Let… Read More
Media interviews: Balance of power has shifted to sources
If you’re involved in a news story and you’re afraid the media will misrepresent you, slant the news, or write it according to their own agenda, don’t refuse comment, thinking they’ll just go away and leave you alone. As I’ve said so many times before, refusing an interview is akin to screaming “we’re guilty,” even if… Read More
Media bias: God isn’t welcome in the newsroom
As I’ve mentioned here before, and in the column about media bias that I wrote recently for Bulldog Reporter, I’m sick to death of journalists proclaiming they’re “fair and impartial,” and that there’s absolutely no media bias whatsoever. So I wasn’t surprised to see the comment from Daryn Kagan, the former CNN anchor who left… Read More
What you can do to fight bias in the media
I just finished reading the book “Bias—A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News,” written by former CBS correspondent Bernard Goldberg and published about five years ago. It hit No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list. So do I think the media slant the news? I thought they did long before Goldberg’s book. I’m a… Read More
How to complain if you suspect media bias
What should you do if you suspect that a journalist is giving your story unfair or biased treatment? If you think a reporter is ignoring your story or giving it unfair treatment because it appeals to a conservative audience, and the reporter is a liberal, or vice versa, don’t just sit by and accept it.… Read More