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September 23, 2006 in Media Orchard, Picks by Scott Baradell
Pick of the Orchard 9.23.06 — How-To Edition

  • Five Tips to Increase Your Likeability (Justin Hartfield)
  • How to Flirt (eHow)
  • How To Protect Your PC (CBS News)
  • How To Find The Perfect Images Online (Jim Edwards)
  • How To Pick Up Girls (And Make Link Bait, Too) (Jason Lee Miller)
  • How not to lose the magic (Haaretz)

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    September 22, 2006 in Media, Media Orchard, Media Relations, Public Relations, Social Media Marketing by Scott Baradell
    PR Tips for Politicos, #763: Don’t Allow a Flick Called "Thong Girl 3" to Be Shot in Your Office

    Dallas Marketing and Dallas Web Design picture of wright 762608
    The mayor of Gallatin, Tenn., has gotten the city council’s undies in a wad after allowing scenes from a film called “Thong Girl 3″ to be shot in his office.

    As the local paper reports:

    The movie follows a risque super heroine who gains unusual powers — the ability to fly and shoot laser beams from her posterior — when she wears red undies.

    She policies [sic] the skies of Nashville, saving the city from villains who want to turn country singers into rappers.

    The mayor, Don Wright, has issued a statement saying he was assured the movie would be PG-13 and contain no nudity.

    If you’re wondering, and we’re sure you are, here’s the trailer from “Thong Girl 2″:

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    September 22, 2006 in Media Orchard, Media Relations, Public Relations by Scott Baradell
    In a Prepared Statement, Media Orchard Asks: "Are Attribution Rules Changing?"

    Matt Duffy, a college journalism instructor, has noticed that pubs as esteemed as the Wall Street Journal are running quotes directly from press releases without citing the source.

    The WSJ quote in question:

    “The U.S. housing market has continued to deteriorate,” said Stuart Miller, Lennar’s chief executive.

    Duffy teaches his students to attribute such a quote this way:

    “The U.S. housing market has continued to deteriorate,” Stuart Miller, Lennar’s chief executive, said in a prepared statement.

    Is this the print equivalent of the so-called VNR scandal? Pretty much. And yet, we’re guessing certain hubbub-creators could care less. Not sexy enough.

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    September 22, 2006 in Media Orchard, Picks by Scott Baradell
    Pick of the Orchard 9.22.06

  • Yahoo “to buy Facebook for $1bn” (BBC News)
  • Time Warner says YouTube, Facebook overvalued (Reuters)
  • The Coming Dramatic Decline of YouTube (Mark Cuban)
  • America’s Sexiest Newscaster (Miami Herald)
  • HP’s boardroom spying scandal reaches high levels of weirdness (Canada.com)
  • The Gay Translator (YouTube)

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    September 21, 2006 in Celebrity, Media Orchard by Scott Baradell
    Media Orchard: White and Nerdy

    Since this is the theme on our MySpace page, we thought we’d share the new video. Best work by Weird Al in 20 years.

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