Comments on: ‘Spin Cycles’ Avoids Blanket Condemnation of the PR Industry

By: Tip of the Hat to the Father of Public Relations

Tip of the Hat to the Father of Public Relations — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:08:10 +0000

[...] Spin Cycles Avoids Blanket Condemnation of the PR Industry [...]

By: Eric Eggertson

Eric Eggertson — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:44:39 +0000

Bob: Yeah, our responses to the show are remarkably similar. I attribute it to the Great Minds theory… You’re right about the streaming. I downloaded a file from the Spin Cycles page, but it was only something that pointed Real Player at the streaming audio.

Still, it’s available for streaming 24 hours, which is better than trying to time your listening around a set schedule.

I had to download Real Player just for this, which shows how out of use the technology is…

By: Ike

Ike — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:00:49 +0000

Eric–

I felt the wrath of many colleagues when I left news for PR, who claimed I was going to “the Dark Side.”

The fact of the matter is that modern journalism is seldom about “truth,” but more about “the best we can do with limited resources.”

Reporters and editors don’t wait until they have the whole story — just until they get enough. The worst example is the “he-said/she-said” school that achieves balance through mediocrity. As a communications professional (in PR) I am expected to get it right, without being a slave to arbitrary deadlines.

By: Bob LeDrew

Bob LeDrew — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:45:05 +0000

Hi Eric:

If you read my “Spin Cycles” post you’ll see that we’re either of the “great minds think alike” or “fools seldom differ” vein on this.

However, I don’t think you can download the program; it’s only available to stream via the bleah Real Audio.