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It’s amazing that I’m still in meetings in 2026 hearing someone say, when discussing the continued splintering of the media audience “Well, Walter Cronkite isn’t bringing us together anymore.” Cronkite’s last broadcast was March 6, 1981. I’m in the waning months of living in the “coveted” 25-54 age demographic and I was 9 years old … Continued
One week ago, Americans woke up to a jarring reality. Our country was at war with Iran, announced via a video by the President of the United States, distributed on a social media platform owned by the President of the United States. It has begged many questions and in the week since, as those questions … Continued
In this blog we try to bring thoughts and ideas with the goal of informing and contemplating. Topically, over nearly 20 years, that has included entries on media, marketing, adversity management, and some things at times esoteric and profound. Enter a 4-pound monkey who in recent days has captured hearts, minds and media. If you … Continued
Back ten years ago, before the term was hijacked by a certain elected official and his followers who want you to think anything negative about him or them shouldn’t be trusted, “Fake News” was a true online scourge. Social media was filled with fiction, designed to try to sway your vote in the 2016 election. … Continued
Don Lemon is not my kind of infotainer. I tried watching his CNN show, but too often he sounded like just another cable “news” talking head. And I haven’t watched anything he’s done since, from Twitter-streaming to whatever it is now. But that’s not the point and it shouldn’t be. In this country, journalists should … Continued
As I watch in horror the terrible events in Minnesota and the on-going unrest there, I cannot help, as a crisis communications consultant, shaking my head at how decency and the very basic tenets of adversity management are being totally ignored and even thrown out the window. In order to not be summarily dismissed by … Continued