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Go Woke Go Broke or Right Flank Make Bank? Substack
A journalist friend following the controversy at Disney and the Florida education law asked me if I thought conservative parents would stop watching Disney movies or drop their products. My answer: Not in any meaningful way. Not yet. My experience has been that human beings take the path of least resistance and gravitate to venues […]
The 10 Elements of Disinformation Substack
Given all of the recent talk about disinformation, there seems to be a perception that it can be easily ordered up like a pizza. The truth is that much disinformation fails — but when it works, it works big. Throughout the thirty-five-plus years, I’ve been in the crisis management business, I’ve compiled a list I […]
Eric, do you absorb the news differently than I do because of your job? Substack
Many of my friends and students ask me if I process the news differently from how they do because I make my living in crisis management and constantly battle disinformation. The answer is “yes” — and way more skeptically. But this doesn’t necessarily mean that I’m always right. After the Will Smith slap flap a […]