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...Muaffaq Zaidan, Pakistan bureau chief for al-Jazeera. Zaidan interviewed Mehsud just days after he was chosen by several diverse militant groups in December to lead the new Tehrik-i-Taliban movement. The interview, which will air Friday, is a first for the commander who seems to take his PR cues from the notoriously camera-shy Mullah Omar. Mehsud was surprisingly plump, says Zaidan, but his soft, stout figure and easy camaraderie belie a powerful charisma and laser-like focus. Zaidan attributes some of Baitullah's savvy to better education and more exposure to al-Qaeda: "These militant leaders...
...Israeli officials grumble that they have been outfoxed by the PR machine of Hamas, and that they are being held to a double standard: While Israel is scolded by the United Nations for inflicting "collective punishment" on Gaza, Israelis say that Palestinian militants have no qualms about ignoring international condemnation and targeting Israeli civilians with their badly aimed homemade rockets. (Gaza militants fired over a hundred rockets during the past week, but miraculously no Israelis were killed...
Earlier this month, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled Kindle, his company’s newest take on one of the biggest futuristic technologies that never took off—the electronic book. Though a massive PR blitz has helped get the white, plasticky device backordered through the holidays, Kindle is unlikely to be the next sensation Bezos hopes it will be. As bloggers have been quick to point out, Kindle has many problems that must be addressed before it becomes a permanent fixture at Starbucks nationwide...
...vice president of business development at Fox, declined to comment, saying, “As much as I’d like to help your cause, I can’t. We’ve been instructed not to talk to the media from the Fox PR folks.”Rumors of a joint strike between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) East and West (officially separate organizations that have agreed to negotiate together) took hold in early October. Anticipating the end of their contract at the beginning of November, the guilds agreed to vote on the strike. Nine...
...Since 2003, Ogilvy PR, an international firm which also works for Disney and Slim-Fast, has been paid by the government to hold fake press conferences and broadcast live to a Virtual News Network (VNN), a closed-circuit satellite TV network modeled after CNN. Only people involved in the exercise can watch VNN or access its web site. The real media are only allowed to watch from afar...