Bob Pickard

29, April #BrokenSystem

Bob Pickard: We are deeply committed to upholding…

“We are deeply committed to upholding our values and standards as an organisation and treat any suggestion that we have failed to do so very seriously.” This synthetic APCO statement combines two stock crisis phrases into one unoriginal line. Throw “deeply” and “seriously” into the mix, and this crisis comms bafflegab is completely canned from start to finish.

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Bob Pickard

25, July #WarSpillover

Bob Pickard: It’s remarkable how the American...

It’s remarkable how the American media in general, and CNN in particular, keep supplying oxygen to the forces trying to destroy journalism. They still don't get it.

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Bob Pickard

03, July #BrokenSystem

Bob Pickard: This guy hasn’t even taken office...

This guy hasn’t even taken office, yet a remarkable intensity of duelling mainstream and social media narratives with clashing image development and character assassination agendas. The next British PM’s extraordinary and controversial method of arriving at this point – and now poised to take power – puts the pressure on him to show he’s got the goods and motivates his critics to define him unfavourably even before the get-go.

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Bob Pickard

12, June #TrendShock

Bob Pickard: Considering one’s position and resigning…

Considering one’s position and resigning on principle is far more common in the United Kingdom than in the United States, where hanging on at all costs seems more typical. Canada is probably somewhere in between.

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