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She Said What? Celebs Are Uncensored Again
The PR Verdict: “D” (PR Problematic) for Lena Dunham (above) and Elisabeth Moss (below). Blame – or credit – for the sterility of celebrity interviews and quotes goes to Pat Kingsley, the legendary...
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The PRV Report Card: This Week’s Winners & Losers
PR WINNER OF THE WEEK: “A” (PR PERFECT) to the Overland High School girls soccer team in Aurora, CO, for a stirring show of solidarity. Last week, referees barred one Muslim player on the team, Samah...
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The PRV Report Card: This Week’s Winners & Losers
PR WINNER OF THE WEEK: “A” (PR PERFECT) to counter-protesters in Kansas City, Missouri, who responded last week with kindness to the hate-mongering Westboro Baptist Church. Members of the WBC, whose...
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Times Gives Credit Where It’s Due (ie, Not to Gwyneth)
THE PR VERDICT: “B” (Good Show) for Katherine Woodward Thomas, who owes the NY Times big time. Though the “paper of record” has suffered a few black eyes in the last decade, the New York Times does its...
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US Health & Human Services Secretary Resigns
THE PR VERDICT: “C” (Distinctly OK) for the Affordable Care Act. (Pictured: President Obama, former US Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius) After a mortifying rollout, the...
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Elizabeth Warren: Champion of US’ Disappearing Middle Class
THE PR VERDICT: “A” (PR Perfect) for Sen. Elizabeth Warren. You know your PR is on the “stun” setting when the question about the presidential election goes from whether Hillary Clinton will run to...
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Saying Almost Nothing Can Be Everything
PR VERDICT: “B” (Good Show) for Terri Lynn Land. Turning the tables on one’s opponent can also work in PR. That’s what Republican US Senate hopeful Terri Lynn Land of Michigan has done with her first...
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Times, Le Monde Defend Against Accusations of Sexism
THE PR VERDICT: “D” (PR Problematic) for The Times and Le Monde (pictured: Natalie Nougayrede and Jill Abramson). Last week was not a good one for women in media. Jill Abramson, executive editor of the...
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The PRV Report Card: Special Celebrity Edition
PR WINNER OF THE WEEK: “A” (PR PERFECT) to Joan Rivers, who stormed out of a CNN interview while on a publicity tour. Rivers might have expected questions about her latest book, Diary of a Mad Diva,...
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The PRV Report Card: This Week’s Winners & Losers
PR WINNER OF THE WEEK: “A” (PR PERFECT) to Malala Yousafzai, for drawing international attention back to the nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped three months ago by militant group Boko Haram....
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