Say what you will about Dubya, but he can sure put on a good show.
[Bush image by the AP; Flaming Lotus Girls image by John Curley.]
Edelman Launches Aerial Reputation Management Practice
Beating its large-agency competitors to the punch, Edelman extended its leadership in all things Web 2.0 today by announcing the launch of its Aerial Reputation Management Practice.
The new practice was inspired by the U.S. Navy’s decision to camouflage — at the cost of $600,000 in landscaping and other changes — the appearance of 40-year-old barracks that happen to resemble a swastika when viewed on Google Maps.
“Our research indicates that many large organizations in both the public and private sectors have not given adequate consideration to their aerial reputations,” said Edelman chief Richard Edelman. “We think we should be able to scare up a few bucks off of this one.”
As an example of the challenge that could be facing many Fortune 500 corporations, Edelman’s research team provided the following aerial photograph of Exxon Mobil headquarters:
“While Exxon Mobil’s facility, at ground level, is stately and uncontroversial, from the air it bears an uncanny resemblance to a scientific illustration of carbon dioxide,” Edelman said. “Obviously, this could be a bit awkward if not managed properly.”
For a limited time, Edelman will provide a complimentary helicopter consultation with every Aerial Reputation Management Practice engagement — so call today.
Message to Jody Clarke: One Day You’ll Be Ashamed of Yourself
Jody Clarke is vice president for communications at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), overseeing the media relations, marketing, and publications departments. Before moving into PR, she was a TV news anchor and reporter, with stints in San Antonio and Bryan-College Station, Tex., and Charleston, S.C. She went to Texas A&M.
Clarke’s CEI has produced embarrassing, shameful ads about global warming in hopes that people will stand by and do nothing in the face of mounting evidence that Americans must reduce fossil fuel consumption — or else.
Clarke is no different from the flacks for the tobacco industry in decades past, who tried to instill doubt about the scientific consensus that smoking caused cancer when they knew better. If Clarke has a brain and can open her ears, she knows — knows — that the CEI ads do not accurately represent An Inconvenient Truth or the facts about global warming.
One day she’ll be ashamed of herself — or her children will.
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