| BlinnPR Lists the Top Ten Lies PR Agencies Tell Their Clients and ...
NEW YORK, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- When a bestselling book about your profession is entitled "Toxic Sludge is Good for You!: Lies, Damn Lies, and The Public Relations Industry" it's obvious that your business has a rather dodgy reputation. But most of the suspicion that's directed at us concerns the way we shape the truth to serve our clients. According to Steven Blinn, president and CEO of BlinnPR, "What's not talked about as much are the lies that PR agencies tell clients and/or prospects." Yes, doing any sort of business requires the spewing of some polite fallacies to lubricate the wheels of justice, no wait I mean commerce. But there are fabrications that are particular to the PR business. You see them lurking, again and again, in the latest cut and paste press release announcing a new client win.
FRENCH/WEST/VAUGHAN EXPANDS HEALTH CARE PRACTICE WITH ACCOUNT WIN
RALEIGH, N.C. (January 29, 2008) French/West/Vaughan (FWV), one of the nations largest independent public relations, public affairs and brand communications agencies, has been selected by Healthy Living Academies to provide PR counsel and execute a comprehensive media relations campaign to raise visibility for the organization. Healthy Living Academies (www.healthylivingacademies.com), based in Cerritos, Calif., was founded in 2004 and is the leading organization of weight loss programs for children, teenagers and young adults. Healthy Living Academies scientifically-based Sierras Solution has the best documented weight loss outcomes of any non-surgical weight loss program, for any age group. FWV will provide media relations support nationally with a focus on local markets where Healthy Living Academies campuses are located.
Probes into lecturer's indecent assault bid complete
Two official investigations into a former senior childcare lecturer convicted of attempted indecent assault have been completed, it emerged tonight.The gardaí have sent a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions after its inquiry into Athlone Institute of Technology ex-lecturer Dr Niall McElwee.Separately, the Health Service Executive (HSE) said it is considering whether to publish its own probe into the circumstances surrounding the case.Dr McElwee resigned from the third-level college last year over his prosecution in the Netherlands of attempted indecent assault on two young women in an Amsterdam hotel room.Children's Minister Brendan Smith ordered an independent review of the the case last July while the gardaí were investigating if Dr McElwee broke sex laws in the Republic.Individuals are obliged under the Sexual Offenders Act 2001 to inform authorities here of any prosecution abroad for an offence also deemed criminal in Ireland.A garda spokesman said: "The investigation is complete and the file is with the Director of Public Prosecutions."Separately, lawyers are to decide whether the HSE probe will be published after health chiefs receive the findings in the coming days.Independent management consultant Conal Devine - a former Director of Industrial Relations at the Irish Medical Organisation - was appointed to carry out the HSE inquiry last July.Child protection experts were to be brought in from outside the State to help Mr Devine with his investigation, it was announced at the time.The report is now understood to be concluded and will be handed to the Assistant National Director of Primary Community and Continuing Care (PCCC) services in the HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster Area before the end of the week.A HSE spokesman said its lawyers will study the findings before a decision is taken on whether or not to make them public."The HSE is committed to establishing the full facts of what information was available to the health services in relation to Dr McElwee," he said.A review inquiry team headed up by Mr Devine was charged with looking at concerns about child protection relating to the incident.It was expected to investigate:::Documents from State agencies, including the gardaí, government departments and Athlone IT relating to Dr McElwee and child protection issues.
US Consumers Oblivious to GM Food Fears
"Most people don't know the food they are eating has at least trace levels of genetic [modification], in soy and corn." He says US supermarket tests have revealed that at least 70 per cent of all foodstuffs contain GM products. Dr Hansen says if there was compulsory labeling, fewer GM components would end up in the products on the shelves. "Because they have blocked any kind of labeling, it's widespread out there in the US," he said. Cloning decision But the same consumer apathy does not apply to meat and dairy products from cloned animals. A survey carried out two years ago by the International Food Council found that 65 per cent of Americans were opposed to eating such products — a level of concern matched in Europe.
Business People
AIRPORTS The Louisville Regional Airport Authority has named Dwight Clayton director of engineering. Clayton previously served as project manager for Michael Baker Jr. Corp. in Louisville. He now oversees the engineering and construction programs for both Louisville airports and coordinates plans and projects with outside agencies. HEALTH CARE Alliant Management Services, a subsidiary of Blue & Co. LLC that provides health-care management, has named Jeff Buckley vice president of managed hospitals in Louisville. FINANCIAL SERVICES Spalding Insurance Group has named Erin Glaser and Angela Birchler new account advisers and Mandy Storck director of marketing. Crowe Chizek & Co. has named Patti Baker and Sally Lang-Mastrolia staff members of its enterprise solutions group in its Louisville office.
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