US Should Join UN and Demand Cease Fire

Written on December 29, 2008 – 5:22 pm | by Miranda Tan |

How can the United States defend Israel’s attack on Gaza and killing of so many people, many which are innocent children and families?  there is no excuse for killing so many people.   The US should join the UN and the growing number of countries and demand an immediate cease fire and the barricade of food [...]

PR for the United States of America

Written on December 28, 2008 – 5:01 am | by Miranda Tan |

Today I was greatly angered to learn that the Israeli militant killed over 270 people and injured hundreds of people in an attack on the Hamas security compounds across the Gaza Strip.  The Israeli officials gave a press conference characterizing the attack as open-ended offensive against the Islamic militant group.    To further my anger, instead of issuing a [...]

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Student Use Facebook for PR and Buzz

Written on December 24, 2008 – 12:58 pm | by Miranda Tan |

Here is a feel-good story that I thought was interesting because of the social-networking component. As some of you know, I’m keenly interested in the power of using social networking in PR. In this case, a student at the University of Vermont utilized Facebook to help organize and raise funds for a club football team [...]

Boston Police Tickets Pregger

Written on December 24, 2008 – 12:49 pm | by Miranda Tan |

Did you see the story about the Boston man who was ticketed as he tried to drive his wife to the hospital to have a baby? The state police, and the ticketing trooper in particular, look very bad in this one. I had to laugh, though, when I saw the police spokesman quoted in the [...]

Eliot Spitzer has a New Gig

Written on December 24, 2008 – 12:41 pm | by Miranda Tan |

Eliot Spitzer has a new gig–writing a regulatory issues column for Slate.com, following on a recent op-ed piece in the Washington Post–and I wonder if we’re witnessing the latest attempt to restore a public figure’s reputation after a sex scandal. From a PR standpoint, this is probably a good move for Spitzer, and it has [...]

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