My late father was before a death panel at a leading Boston hospital. He was on a government plan and I and my sister, a nurse, were not able get a feeding tube for him after a stroke as the doctor decided it was time to die. My sister, a nursing home nurse, said at the panel and the me that he could live one to two years. The doctor lied about his condition. These panels are already in place and wait for the codification from Washington
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And (IMO) the more interesting individual behind these 2 orgs isn't Steward, it's Robertson, "said to own more coal through his various ventures than anyone outside of the U.S. government".
(https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Plants_Need_CO2)
p.s. please inform your spam filter that a link to a Sourcewatch page probably isn't for, um, you know...
This was a definite PR fail. However, I have to argue that last scathing thought about external PR firms.
I'm an independent PR consultant now and no longer at an agency but my experience has been the same in both arenas: journalists and news directors prefer to work with me instead of directly with my clients because they know I will respond quickly, I will encourage the client to participate in an interview request when fear would have compelled them to turn it down themselves, and I will help the journalist prepare a well-focused interview by often pulling together talking points (a backgrounder or list of information that the source is best qualified to address).
Every profession has people who "get it" and people who don't. PR is certainly no exception--agency or not. No PR firm should ever comment directly on behalf of a client. But the intention seems to be that the agency representative thought it best to respond in some way instead of a “no comment.” It was a tough call, but the wrong one in the end.
There was a movie a number of years ago called "Jerry Maguire" (a sports agent). The byline was "SHOW ME THE MONEY". When United Health Care can pay there CEO 500 million.........for one year ..one year. Lets see that's 1.396 million a day!!!!
How do you spell G-R-E-E-D.
There ought to be a law.
And (IMO) the more interesting individual behind these 2 orgs isn't Steward, it's Robertson, "said to own more coal through his various ventures than anyone outside of the U.S. government".
(https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Plants_Need_CO2)
p.s. please inform your spam filter that a link to a Sourcewatch page probably isn't for, um, you know...
This was a definite PR fail. However, I have to argue that last scathing thought about external PR firms.
I'm an independent PR consultant now and no longer at an agency but my experience has been the same in both arenas: journalists and news directors prefer to work with me instead of directly with my clients because they know I will respond quickly, I will encourage the client to participate in an interview request when fear would have compelled them to turn it down themselves, and I will help the journalist prepare a well-focused interview by often pulling together talking points (a backgrounder or list of information that the source is best qualified to address).
Every profession has people who "get it" and people who don't. PR is certainly no exception--agency or not. No PR firm should ever comment directly on behalf of a client. But the intention seems to be that the agency representative thought it best to respond in some way instead of a “no comment.” It was a tough call, but the wrong one in the end.
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