Sat.Apr 28, 2012 - Fri.May 04, 2012

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Can PR prevent white collar crime?

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This is a guest post from Elissa Freeman. Should PR pros take white collar crime more seriously when developing crisis communications plans? Have we been failing our clients by not doing a better job of warning them upfront of the potential reputational hit resulting from knowingly breaking the law? Ever since I read about the recent Walmart debacle in Gini Dietrich’s Spin Sucks blog , I couldn’t help but think how the role of crisis communications may need to evolve.

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Twitter gets ugly in NHL playoffs

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It took a split second for Joel Ward to become a playoff hero to Washington Capitals fans. By the time the Capitals were done celebrating Ward’s overtime goal that knocked the Boston Bruins out of the playoffs; Ward was the center of a different emotion online. Immediately following the goal Ward, who is a black Canadian player, was the target of irate fans using racial epitaphs and slurs on Twitter.

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Getting out of the echo chamber, dog fights and social profiling

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Man this has been a stressful week. This stress has been more hme related than work related as Megatron AKA Baby Espo is having surgery bright and early today. While I know that the procedure of putting tubes in a baby’s ears is routine as my friend Elissa reminds me, I am still a dad and am nervous. I also got bad news on the NFL front as the Ravens more than likely lost reigning defensive player of the year Terrell Suggs to a torn Achilles.

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Cartoon of the day

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Cartoon of the day

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Cartoon of the day

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Cartoon of the day

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