Comments on: Pity Alistair Campbell http://strivepr.com/2006/10/12/pity-alistair-campbell/ experts in digital PR and social media Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:01:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: PR people are liars | Strive Notes http://strivepr.com/2006/10/12/pity-alistair-campbell/comment-page-1/#comment-16496 PR people are liars | Strive Notes Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:17:21 +0000 http://strivepr.com/wordpress/2006/10/12/pity-alistair-campbell/#comment-16496 [...] do we get such a bad rap? I suspect it’s those of our colleagues who work in high profile politics.  Yesterday’s Telegraph tells us how Gordon Brown’s spending on spin hits £1.75 [...] [...] do we get such a bad rap? I suspect it’s those of our colleagues who work in high profile politics.  Yesterday’s Telegraph tells us how Gordon Brown’s spending on spin hits £1.75 [...]

]]> By: sherrilynne http://strivepr.com/2006/10/12/pity-alistair-campbell/comment-page-1/#comment-856 sherrilynne Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:18:20 +0000 http://strivepr.com/wordpress/2006/10/12/pity-alistair-campbell/#comment-856 Thanks for stopping by Pete. I do understand the media strategy behind Alistair's recent interviews. But it was his undisguised contempt for the news media in general that took me aback. Thanks for stopping by Pete. I do understand the media strategy behind Alistair’s recent interviews. But it was his undisguised contempt for the news media in general that took me aback.

]]> By: Pete Wilby http://strivepr.com/2006/10/12/pity-alistair-campbell/comment-page-1/#comment-851 Pete Wilby Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:10:16 +0000 http://strivepr.com/wordpress/2006/10/12/pity-alistair-campbell/#comment-851 He was doing the media rounds on this. I heard him on Victoria Derbyshire's 5 Live show and later on BBC Radio 4's 5pm news. This was a good exercise in chipping away at the solid belief (apparently held by 6 out of 10 employers) that people who suffer from depression or other forms of mental illness are not good workers - as opposed to people with bad backs or chronic sinusitus. The bigger problem is encouraging sufferers themselves to 'come out' and discuss it, without the fear that they will gain a stigma or become unemployable. Re: his attitude to the news media - I have heard him describe the Daily Mail as a 'dreadful newspaper' (I suspect Paul Dacre might be rather proud of that) and many journalists have testified to his lack of respect to them as individuals. But I think that he does respect the media as an institution (news media and PR). He knows how effective the industry is in moulding and changing public opinion - which is why he is doing his bit for promoting mental health awareness? He was doing the media rounds on this. I heard him on Victoria Derbyshire’s 5 Live show and later on BBC Radio 4′s 5pm news. This was a good exercise in chipping away at the solid belief (apparently held by 6 out of 10 employers) that people who suffer from depression or other forms of mental illness are not good workers – as opposed to people with bad backs or chronic sinusitus.

The bigger problem is encouraging sufferers themselves to ‘come out’ and discuss it, without the fear that they will gain a stigma or become unemployable.

Re: his attitude to the news media – I have heard him describe the Daily Mail as a ‘dreadful newspaper’ (I suspect Paul Dacre might be rather proud of that) and many journalists have testified to his lack of respect to them as individuals.

But I think that he does respect the media as an institution (news media and PR). He knows how effective the industry is in moulding and changing public opinion – which is why he is doing his bit for promoting mental health awareness?

]]> By: sherrilynne http://strivepr.com/2006/10/12/pity-alistair-campbell/comment-page-1/#comment-844 sherrilynne Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:55:12 +0000 http://strivepr.com/wordpress/2006/10/12/pity-alistair-campbell/#comment-844 His wife has a very good job. She's Cherie Blair's advisor. Maybe he's a house husband? His wife has a very good job. She’s Cherie Blair’s advisor. Maybe he’s a house husband?

]]> By: Rita http://strivepr.com/2006/10/12/pity-alistair-campbell/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Rita Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:10:04 +0000 http://strivepr.com/wordpress/2006/10/12/pity-alistair-campbell/#comment-839 Does he have a book coming out or is he a man of independent means that can afford never to work again? Or, will he become a talking head--or talk show host? We all need to pay our taxes. How will this man bring in a living to do so? Rita Does he have a book coming out or is he a man of independent means that can afford never to work again? Or, will he become a talking head–or talk show host?

We all need to pay our taxes. How will this man bring in a living to do so?

Rita

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