Is revenge sweet?

I’ve come across a great new blog:

badhack

What it is about:

Look, it’s fine for blogs such as the Bad Pitch Blog to highlight less than exemplary PR practice, but there are two sides to every story, right? It’s not like our journalistic friends *always* demonstrate the highest levels of professionalism, is it? Badhack aims to redress the balance…send your stories to mrbadhack@googlemail.com. And don’t worry, we won’t name names.

Personally I won’t involve myself in such a blog, relationships with the media are of uttermost importance. It is, however, healthy to see.

What do you reckon?

Do you think that students in England should learn English? For some weird reason I think that’s a good idea.

You are a communist

I saw Good Night, and Good Luck last night. It is a great film looking at the integrity of the press, propaganda and political stances. Hollywood is on form at the moment; it is creating films that raise questions and challenge the way we think.

In the current climate I think it is refreshing to see such a response from the film industry. I think the public have for some time demanded more than sequel upon sequel and, at last, we getting what we want. It may be commercially driven but it is still good to see.

Terence Blacker of The Independent has written an interesting piece of the latest craze of feelgood films.

Is PR a hindrance?

In today’s FT there is an article about how public relations sometimes prevents good journalism. Being a PR professional I must say that it isn’t the PR’s fault but the ‘commercial sensitivities’ of the company that they represent. We are simply the middlemen for the news of our clients – if it is their wish not to discuss certain aspects of their business then it is our job to tell the press.

Is it a bird or is it a plane?

Check this out, perhaps the strangest news story ever.