It is curious how Thanksgiving has turned into many things that are hardly giving thanks. There is football, the Macy’s parade, the starter gun for Black Friday and hours of cooking. It is as if Americans take the task of giving thanks as a given. Now, on to other, more exciting things. It is a […]
Posted on November 26th, 2014 by admin
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According to a recent study, the average cost of the development of a new drug has risen to $2.6 billion. This represents a 145 percent increase over the results of a similar study conducted in 2003. It also is a number that will sink the pharmaceutical industry unless it finds better, faster and less expensive […]
Posted on November 25th, 2014 by admin
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Two studies have shown that TV satire shows are better in informing the public than the news media. Certainly, the John Oliver take-down of the Miss America pageant is a brilliant piece of reportage deserving a news award. What does this say to PR practitioners? Not much unfortunately. The satire shows are designed to plunge a […]
Posted on November 21st, 2014 by admin
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It is instructive to put oneself in the mind of a terrorist who decapitates victims and boasts about it. He is engaged in an act of negatived publicity, of inculcating fear in the minds of many. By ignoring the conventions of war and of democratic countries, the terrorist pursues victory in any way he can, no […]
Posted on November 18th, 2014 by admin
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The federal government conducted surprise inspections of the National Football League medical staff on Sunday to see if doctors were carrying illegal prescriptions with them. Contrary to what one might think, if the physicians were clean, the PR from the raid would be positive, and it would bolster the NFL’s contention that it is hewing […]
Posted on November 17th, 2014 by admin
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Hysteria over the arrival of Ebola in the US has pushed states to impose quarantines on anyone who has worked in health care in West Africa. At least one quarantined nurse is protesting and openly defying the ban on her movement. Commentators have noted that states have a right to quarantine in order to protect […]
Posted on November 1st, 2014 by admin
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