Murdoch’s best defense is the truth. Vacillating isn’t working for him.
So, now Murdoch has hired a public relations counsel, presumably at this juncture to advise him on a damage control strategy. He could have avoided such a strategy. The best public relations strategy is always telling the truth and accepting responsibility. Even if the truth is worse than imagined and is more painful and further damaging.
In: Crisis Communications, Media Relations, Public Relations_Crisis Management, Rupert Murdoch · Tagged with: crisis communications, News of the World, public relations strategy, Rupert Murdoch
Whatever you do in a crisis, don’t do this!
Crisis communications plans are carefully created to prevent confusion and chaos. Plans are made for the purpose of strictly following them.
In: Crisis Communications, Japan, Public Relations_Crisis Management · Tagged with: crisis communications, crisis plans, crisis response, nuclear energy
It all started, as most client assignments do, with a phone call
My phone rang just as the local 10 p.m. news was coming on the television. The voice on the other end was firm and crisp, “Get to Mobile, Alabama as soon as possible, and report to the Unified Command!” The order came from the response manager for the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill. I checked [...]
In: Crisis Communications, Deepwater Horizon, Media Relations, Public Relations_Crisis Management, Uncategorized · Tagged with: BP Oil Spill, crisis communications, crisis response, Deepwater Horizon
Always having a message is always being prepared. Always!
A common concern for corporate CEO’s, business owners, professionals and many others is finding yourself unexpectedly surrounded or confronted by a gaggle of reporters or broadcast news media crews in a feeding frenzy. We’re talking about the ambush interview in full force complete with lights, cameras and microphones in your face. These kinds of media [...]
In: Crisis Communications, Media Relations, Public Relations_Crisis Management · Tagged with: ambush interviews, crisis communications, de La Garza Public Relations, media relations
