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Arianna!  How could you?  

I expected a wonderful presentation – millions of monthly visits to a Web site says a lot about your ability to capture an audience’s attention, and Arianna Huffington’s opening key note presentation to the Public Relations Society of American today at 2009 International Conference in San Diego didn’t fail to deliver.    But it was marred by an odd interview-type confessional by someone who was once a leader in corporate public relations, and is now testifying to all who will listen about unethical tactics he engaged in while employed by Humana. 

She started out by berating the media a bit for its senseless coverage of issues such as the recent Balloon Boy story.  “With all the homeless children in the world needing help, maybe we should just put them in a balloon (a la the Balloon boy story last month), and maybe we could finally get some media attention, ” she quipped in an accent reminiscent of Zsa Zsa Gabor.   In another zinger, pondering on the state of social media blogging today, she added “we can all now have our own opinions.  That’s good.  But we really can’t all have our own facts… Continue reading →