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Month: April 2017

Face palm: PRWeek names United CEO "Communicator of the Year"

Face palm: PRWeek names United CEO "Communicator of the Year"

  Our Communicator of the Year, United Airlines’ CEO Oscar Munoz, said it best when he came on stage to receive his honor. He commented that the turnaround he has led at the beleaguered airline was not just something that needed to be communicated – it was all about communications. It’s telling when a major CEO from a $36 billion global company recognizes the value of communications, not as a promotional tool or part of a strategy, rather as a…

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Widely republished story is fictional news story

Widely republished story is fictional news story

Source: Viral story about ‘married couple who found out they were twins through IVF’ appears to be fake – Mirror Online And this is the original nonsense that was widely re-published worldwide by the organizations with “layers and layers of fact checkers”. And you still think propaganda has no influence over you?

Past week was great demo of power of propaganda

Past week was great demo of power of propaganda

As everyone now knows, last week Sunday evening, United Airlines forcefully removed a passenger from one of their United Express branded aircraft. The initial official statement from United Airlines was that they reluctantly had to remove a belligerent passenger from an overbooked flight, the passenger’s injuries were because the passenger fell and hurt himself, and the airline had every right to do so. Before the week was over, the CEO of United admitted in a televised interview that the passenger…

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Why the news media covered the United fiasco so badly

Why the news media covered the United fiasco so badly

Because they have all adopted the online, social media based publishing model a.k.a. fake news: Profit-centered coverage means that the media wants you to get emotional about stories. They want things that will get people arguing and get your blood boiling. They didn’t investigate Dr. Dao’s background because it was responsible reporting, they did it because it had the potential of increasing profits on this story. They didn’t skip over the contract issue for days because they were lazy, they…

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