this is pretty amazing Former President Bill Clinton Defends Handling of Usama bin Laden in Combative FNC Interview
Nice to see you've found a target of the month. Fox News PR Department is just taking advantage of their clear market leadership...exhibiting a little arrogance around the fact that they "own" MSNBC's ass in the ratings. Olbermann is struggling for relevance and by taking on a popular (I know that freakin' kills you Scott) target like O'Reilly he becomes somehow more relevant. Sort of like The Strumpette attacking the popular bloggers to gain traffic. It'd be fine if Keith and Amanda both shut the fuck up...not many folks would actually take notice.
Yeah ... sticking to your guns is good. It's just too bad they use those teflon-coated bullets designed specifically for character assassination.
It's unusual, but it's what I like to call "rock'n'roll PR"... a take no prisoners, trash the hotel room, stick to your guns kind of philosophy. More power to 'em.
Agreed -- but what's interesting is that the Fox News PR department chooses to wrestle in the mud alongside its TV personalities, rather than showing a little restraint and staying above the fray. It's an unusual PR strategy, to say the least.
What about Olbermann holding up his arm in a Nazi salute while wearing an O'Reilly mask? That's crossing more lines than the Fox PR deparment.
Fox News PR Team Puts a Nasty Spin on Things
From the AP:
MSNBC host Keith Olbermann was the latest to visit the wishing well. When The New York Times recently asked Fox its opinion of Olbermann, who has repeatedly used Bill O’Reilly as a pinata on his nightly news countdown, spokeswoman Irena Briganti replied:
“Because of his personal demons, Keith has imploded everywhere he’s worked. From lashing out at co-workers to personally attacking Bill O’Reilly and all things Fox, it’s obvious Keith is a train wreck waiting to happen. And like all train wrecks, people might tune in out of morbid curiosity, but they eventually tune out, as evidenced by Keith’s recent ratings decline. In the meantime, we hope he enjoys his paranoid view from the bottom of the ratings ladder and wish him well on his inevitable trip to oblivion.”
Have a nice day, Keith!
Plainly, public relations is a contact sport at Fox News Channel — with, as Fox PR chief Brian Lewis explains, a sense of mischief sprinkled in.
“Has there ever been a more disingenuous phrase in the corporate handbook, or the PR handbook, than ‘we wish him well’?” asked Lewis. “‘Earnings have fallen in the last eight quarters and we wish Joe well as he leaves the company to pursue other interests.’ We know what they mean, so we just thought we’d have some fun and point out the hypocrisy of the term.”
How very post-modern of you, Brian. While you’re having fun with the hypocrisy of terms, might we suggest you deconstruct “fair and balanced” next?
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