http://www.literalmayhem.comSpin has consequences...enMon, 22 Feb 2010 20:09:38 PSThttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/literalmayhem/Mspl/~3/a_isP-_rjNg/If you want to see how future national policy wars will be fought, then keep your eye on Coca-Cola Company and the American Beverage Association. Over the next few years sugar will become the new tobacco - even as they try to quash the movement before it gets going. "Fructose has ...http://www.literalmayhem.com/2010/02/22/the-new-policy-battlefield-all-eyes-on-coca-cola-and-social-media-pr/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/literalmayhem/Mspl/~3/_-vP5IYjIRA/image: www.plasticsurgeryhumor.com National debates – like healthcare and financial reform – tend to focus on the big concepts, big ideas, and big fixes. What gets lost, unfortunately are all the small, cumulative causes of the original problem. That’s unfortunate because the causes are too often tied to our own behavior ...http://www.literalmayhem.com/2010/02/01/%e2%80%9chealthcare%e2%80%9d-dilemma-plastic-surgeons-seek-a-pr-facelift/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/literalmayhem/Mspl/~3/k6Ik7yplqzQ/image: iamatvjunkie.typepad.com Sometimes a story just sticks with you. Such is the crazy and amusing story of Dana Perino – Bush’s White House House Press Secretary – who admitted she had no idea what the Cuban Missile Crisis was. She asked: “Wasn’t that, like, the Bay of Pigs thing? Here was the ...http://www.literalmayhem.com/2010/01/19/the-perino-conundrum-tyranny-of-pr%e2%80%99s-expert-inexperts/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/literalmayhem/Mspl/~3/QdCBiO9mfAc/Public Relations is a funny business. And when I say “funny” I don’t mean hilarious. I mean the same thing as your grandmother did when she told you to “sit down there and behave and no funny business.” She was talking about something that used to be called “shenanigans." Well, the PR ...http://www.literalmayhem.com/2010/01/12/tank-warfare-alaska-pr-initiative-targets-polar-bears/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/literalmayhem/Mspl/~3/E9339VND2Lw/No one seems to be dancing to Goldman's tune these days. No matter how hard they crank the 'ole gramophone. But they are trying a new approach, actually publishing dance steps to Goldman's Bonus Hustle... a 14-page presentation on why they make so much damned money. First though... who's getting the ...http://www.literalmayhem.com/2009/12/07/goldman-sachs-about-to-ditch-its-golden-flack-for-a-bad-pr-strategy/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/literalmayhem/Mspl/~3/bI22XTZ9G_8/It's tough to pinpoint when the PR profession "jumped the shark." But it has, and in spectacular fashion. Outsiders are seldom privy to the inner workings of the global spin machine. But every once in a while someone leaves the door ajar and you can peer in to see just how ...http://www.literalmayhem.com/2009/12/06/palin-stalin-what-do-we-believe-that-pr-thou-art-a-shameful-fraud/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/literalmayhem/Mspl/~3/W0G5d1XnXMk/One of our chief entertainments here at LiteralMayhem is the contortion, manipulation and general abuse of language -- primarily at the hands of PR and marketing folks. But sins abound throughout the worlds of business, academia, and politics... and when those worlds collide, watch out. You're certain to get some truly ...http://www.literalmayhem.com/2009/12/05/wordplay-weekend-cut-workers-wages-a-vector-of-orthogonal-dimensions/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/literalmayhem/Mspl/~3/QeymCI8Dddw/Calling the Goldman Sachs $500 million small business initiative "philanthropy" or "lending" is like saying that frosted Pop Tarts are made with "real fruit filling." Thankfully most media types called it for what it was: BS, BS, and more BS. But it got me thinking about my career in PR... I ...http://www.literalmayhem.com/2009/12/03/bs-of-the-month-award-why-im-not-fit-for-goldmanflacks/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/literalmayhem/Mspl/~3/dzLhbU4_xMs/I quit you. I'm done. Last night killed it. I have been a registered independent since my first presidential election in 1980, in which I voted for John Anderson. Yet, I marched for you. I gave money. I handed out posters to my friends. I volunteered. All for you. Because I ...http://www.literalmayhem.com/2009/11/04/fuck-you-barack-obama/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/literalmayhem/Mspl/~3/RzhS4IogM90/Teeth are being gnashed. Gauntlets is gettin' thrown down like warm beers at a tea party. Over what? Beck, O'Reilly, and Limbaugh? Seriously? Nobody saw this coming? Not since 1976 when the satire "Network" hit movie screens and won four Academy Awards? More than 3o years ago, the fictional network boss Frank ...http://www.literalmayhem.com/2009/10/25/the-white-house-news-war-forget-glenn-beck-barack-obama-is-howard-beale/nonadult