Is Armstrong the iceberg of a culture of drugs in competitive cycling?
It’s the simmering, smelly, sensational and steadily surfacing and spreading story that Lance Armstrong can’t shake. Unlike the tortuous hills that he mowed down on the way to seven Tour de France titles, the allegations of drug and steroid use threaten to overtake Armstrong like a gathering scrum of competing cyclists. Comments attributed to him [...]
In: Lance Armstrong, Media Relations, Pro-active communications, Public Relations_Crisis Management · Tagged with: 60 minutes, Branding, Cycling, drug use, Lance Armstrong, media relations, sports, steroids
The News Media – Friend or Foe
A client recently wrote to me to say that the news media is not a friend and is not to be trusted. Point well taken. But let’s explore that notion. First, the news media doesn’t see itself as either a friend or a foe. It sees itself as the Fourth Estate responsible for investigating and [...]
In: Crisis Communications, Media Relations, Pro-active communications, Public Relations_Crisis Management · Tagged with: Fourth Estate, media relations, Tylenol crisis
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 [...]
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