On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> Come on, Kevin, rule number one of public relations when a potential > problem occurs is to do what it takes to make the problem go away as > soon as possible. Baldwin has enough enemies from his political > activism and the longer the story drags out, the more chance they have > to tag along and take shots at him. But all he had to do to with this "potential problem," from a PR perspective, is restate that it was a joke, therefore, not a problem. If Alec Baldwin is waiting for people to stop taking shots at him, I think he's got a long wait in store for him. I still maintain that if Don Imus had continued to be a cantankerous pain in the butt during the scandal with the Rutger's gals (perhaps opened his radio show with the first line of Stevie Wonder's "I Wish", one of my favorite songs on the planet), he wouldn't have been fired (at least not from one of his two jobs). > Baldwin loses nothing > (besides perhaps your grudging respect) by making an insincere apology > and making sure the matter goes away. As a middle school teacher, I constantly reprimand my students for insincere apologies. I would rather someone show me respect by being honest with his or her feelings (even negative feelings) then go through some sort of charade (yes, I'm also the sort of teacher who comes down hard on a kid who rats another kid out). Apologize when you mean it, or all your apologies are sullied. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
