The A-Rod saga continues to be the biggest story in baseball. Rodriguez is waging war with Major League Baseball and his own team, the New York Yankees as he appeals his 211 game suspension for his involvement in a doping scandal. At the same time, Rodriguez is playing in top form as the Yankees are ..
Embattled celebrity chef, Paula Deen won a welcome legal victory Monday when a federal judge dismissed the racial discrimination portion of a lawsuit against her and her brother. The sexual harassment portion remains. Yet it was Pyrrhic victory for Deen, for while she may have won in court she, has lost in the court of ..
Paula Deen. Anthony Weiner. Bob Filner. This summer has been filled with public relations disasters. It’s not just politicians and celebrities who face PR disasters, businesses do as well. Think about Carnival Cruises, BP, and Toyota. Each faced a major crisis that became larger each day, because they failed to have in place a proper ..
On Monday, Major League Baseball suspended New York Yankees third baseman, Alex Rodriguez for 211 games—through the end of the 2014 season—for his involvement in a doping scandal. Rodriguez is appealing the suspension and able to play during the appeal. His PR response so far to the scandal ranks with Paula Deen’s as one of ..
Major League Baseball has long been known as America’s pastime. Yet the ongoing scandals in the game, with famed players admitting that they have used steroids have dampened America’s enthusiasm for the sport. Now at least 14 players, including New York Yankees third baseman, Alex Rodriguez face suspensions for their ties to Biogenesis of America ..
Anthony Weiner looked like he was on the comeback trail after his fall from grace two summers ago. That is until the latest public relations crisis hit his campaign. Some people never learn it seems. Weiner was forced to resign from Congress in disgrace for tweeting pictures of himself to young women. That should have ..
We have all heard the old saying, “any publicity even bad publicity is good publicity”. Rolling Stone in selecting Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the cover of its August 3rd issue (in a way that conjured up images of Jim Morrison or Paul Getty) showed that they believe that mantra. The cover isn’t even ..
The verdict in the George Zimmerman case came in on Saturday. As everyone knows, he was acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin. If ever there was a case that made use of public relations to define people’s attitudes, it was this case. Originally, 62% of Americans believed that Zimmerman was guilty based on the ..
The interview that many were waiting for happened. Paula Deen appeared on the Today Show to quell the growing crisis confronting her brand. Over the past week, her crisis response to the revelation that she had used the ‘N’ word over 20 years ago was disastrous. She has lost the Food Network, long the lynchpin ..
If wasn’t for Paula Deen, Men’s Wearhouse would be getting the dubious honor of how not to deal with a crisis and branding strategy gone awry. Last week without warning or explanation, Men’s Wearhouse abruptly fired their founder and company spokesperson, George Zimmer famous for the slogan “You’re going to like the way you look. ..
