by Rob Cottingham | Apr 11, 2005 | Communicating, Media Mix, Politics
Pop quiz: you have to do a news conference where you have damn-all in the way of actual news to announce. The media’s already prickly, and liable to turn on you. Do you: a) repeat your message over and over, making it the only clip reporters are likely to get... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 11, 2005 | Politics
Want to get a refreshing perspective on Gomermania AdScamGate-o-Rama the recent unpleasantness? One of the few American left-o’-Ghengis bloggers to take notice of the whole thing is Rivka at Respectful of Otters. She demolishes much of the right-wing... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 10, 2005 | Politics
It’s been a good week for the kind of sound bite that makes you spray your orange juice all over your Weetabix during the morning news. You’ll remember this gem from Paul Martin spokesperson Scott Reid: “Paul Martin is the wire brush that will scrub... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 10, 2005 | Technology
Arieanna notes that the speed of blogging affects the quality of writing – but she’s not sure how big a problem that poses: The act of blogging does require that we write fast. There is far too much out there to write about, to share, to just get done. I... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 8, 2005 | Politics
(Ottawa) – Fourteen people are known dead, dozens are injured and several missing following explosive testimony at today’s Gomery inquiry hearings. Justice Gomery escaped injury, and blames the explosion on a “perfect storm” of witness...
