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Category: Crisis PR
Fugitive Taunts Police with Facebook Status Updates
Do we have a new John Dillinger on our hands? A celebrity criminal is on the rise, with the fugitive gaining popularity as he taunts cops and authorities with Facebook status updates. After escaping...
Crisis PR: Memphis Homeless People Swept Up
Memphis has had its share of troubles these last few years, and the economic situation certainly did not make it any better. But, the city leaders never saw fit to sweep the homeless from their streets before. News from Memphis brings to mind the movie Rambo, and the herding of “undesirables” past the city limits sign.
Google’s Take on the Michelle Obama Image Search Case – A PR Disaster
A week ago an offensive image of American First Lady Michelle Obama dominated the Google Image Search results, an image Google removed back then, as the site posting it violated Google’s guidelines by serving malware to visitors. But today, the image in cause is back, Search Engine Land reports, showing that Google doesn’t have any control over the content ranked by its image search algorithms.
Fast Food PR: McDonald’s In Iceland, Billions Served But No More
Iceland can no longer afford fast food from McDonald’s as their economy continues to shudder under the weight of the economic crisis. The only 3 McDonald’s restaurants in the country cannot remain open. McDonald’s follows Burger Kind in exiting one of the world’s hardest hit economies.
NFL Takes Breast Cancer Awareness to New Heights
Monday Night Football has never been so surprising as Week Four. With even some of the football players wearing pink, the NFL showed its support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
