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Today's Question:
Bartender Bob: I am a PR student at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. I need help...my Media Law professor wants me to research a case involving PR. Any suggestions?...I am desperate!
Signed,
Would you do my homework?
Dear Would you do my homework?
Excuse my tardiness getting back with you about your Media Law homework. I’m recovering from a six-week binge in the Keys.
Honey, don’t tell me you can’t think of any cases involving PR. Even those with mega-brain-cell-loss can remember the Tylenol and Exxon Valdez escapades.
Wow your professor by turning in your homework with a bottle of Old Havana and a thorough analysis of Kasky vs. Nike.
In short, since I’m hanging today, Nike’s spin doctors spun its sweatshop labor practices so much the public hurled and demanded honest speech, yes, even from big corporate Swoosh giants like Nike.
The moral of this spin story is Just DON’T Do It. Cheers!
Bartender Bob