A Civil Debate

I am watching the debates I Austin and I am a little bit upset because my friend gave me the wrong channel and I couldn’t find it until half way through it. I really studied the candidates and how they reacted to each other’s comments. Obama had me on my feet the whole time. He was so calm whenever Hilary attacked anything about his campaign. He just sat there and pretended or maybe he actually did right down something in his book. It was so hilarious to me. It seemed like he was just looking ahead all of this--the debate and Hilary-- to the future of his Presidency. It seemed as though he knows he has already won but he just wanted to be nice and keep it civil. It’s amazing the things that go on right in front of you but you have to really be looking for it to notice it. He always looked Hilary in the eyes and she seemed to avoid his eyes. I don’t know what that was about but it told me something. I just hope the outcome I expect happens!

Change is coming!

So it’s the day of the Barack Obama rally and I am stuck in school wishing to God that I had the courage to skip and go out. I am so mad that I missed it that I think about it almost everyday. My sister got to shake his hand and talk to him just because she told him that our mom was a police officer. It would have been the happiest day of my life if I had got to go. I am still planning the day that I will get to meet him. I believe in his campaign and I know that he will be our next president. It makes me feel really good to know that this day will come before I die or am really old. I don’t think MLK would have ever thought he would see the day…or maybe he did and that’s why he did the things he did for desegregation. Wow is all I can say this country ahs really changed!

The Downfall of Humanity

It is interesting to me that so many set up these non-profit organizations just for some tax write off or the publicity it gets them. These days almost every celebrity or person of wealth has a non-profit organization. I think that journalist should go in and investigate all of these allege non-profits who aren’t really doing anything for the community. They should also investigate the ones who are just doing things that are in the spot light at the time. The phrase there is no selfless deed has always bothered me. It is a wonder that our world isn’t a much better place with all of these non-profit organizations around. Some of these “phony” ones are just taking money from the ones that are actually doing something. If someone doesn’t put a stop to it soon we will surely see a downfall in interest in people genuinely doing good just to benefit humanity as a whole.

A commonality between brethren

In the case studies of the Valdez Exxon and the Blue Fly there are examples of how to do the right public relations as well as what happens when the wrong course of action is taking. It saddens me that our society allows such cruel behavior to be bestowed on each other. It is no one’s right to treat others in such a manner. In the book cosmopolitanism we learn that if the world cold share one positive mind set, than we would all be better off. If we were descent to our neighbors, shared common values and conduct ourselves by one common law than such horrific behavior demonstrated by Exxon would not ever take place. The lack of moral and social responsibility that Exxon showed would not be tolerated in a world that went by the rules set in the book cosmopolitanism. It is no enough that they disrupted the continuum that our world thrives on, but they knowingly took advantage of their own brethren. If we all held the same social obligations that the CEO of Blue Fly upheld not only could be peace on earth but also a positive commonality between all who dwell on earth.

Ethics in Companies

Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of the Health Research Group for Washington-based advocate Public Citizen, said he isn't surprised the ads continue to run. "There's a $20 billion market for cholesterol-lowering drugs, and companies will do whatever it takes to get as much of that market as they can, even if it means letting people continue to take prescription drugs that they know are not beneficial and that even may be harmful," he said. "What's much more likely is that the companies put their stockholders above their responsibility to public health."
----Advertising Age


With such monopoly on pharmaceuticals companies,could it be that we are all to blame for the greed that many have just simply taken advantage of. If we didn’t fall so gullible to the tricks and lies that some miracle pill could take away all are sicknesses, than pharmaceuticals companies couldn’t so openly exploit us like they do.

Unlike Merck's Vioxx, which in 2004 was found to contribute to heart attacks in some patients and was pulled off the market, Vytorin is safe and can still be sold. It does, the study found, reduce the levels of LDL in patients. It just doesn't, according to the study, live up to its claim of reducing plaque build-up. That's why Peter Pitts, a former associate commissioner for the FDA and now the president of New York-based Center for Medicine in the Public Interest says, this won't be the death knell for DTC that some think it is.
----Advertising Age

It is disappointing that even with the bodily harm the medication generates; some still feel that this company has a chance and the right to stay in business. I feel that because of the deception the company should be put out of business and face harsh legal issues. There is no cure for the mistrust generated by the way this pharmaceutical company handled this situation. It not only destroys its image, but also the image of other pharmaceutical companies that could possible have the cure for our bodily afflictions.

Clemens' Case

The story concerning Clemens seems very deceptive. It seems as though no one knows exactly what the truth is. His lawyer along with his public relations teams allowed Clemens to dig himself in to a hole. If they had been quicker with a response about the allegations as well as allowed any positive truths to come to light the situation would not had progressed. Allowing their client to unknowingly hang himself at news conferences and on television was the end all for his career. Perception is reality, and the way he was perceived by the media after his out bursts of anger brought his credibility down.

News Crisis

These are two news coverage that provide in site to the mistreatment of teenagers a TYC.


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/042907dntextycbarnard.385f0b3.html


http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/news/tyc_hotline.html

Analysis of both

I think the organization handled it rather professionally. They addressed the issue without putting names out there and pointing fingers. They let the community know in rather few words that they know there is a problem concerning the abuse of kids at TYC and they were definitely going to handle it. I noticed that they tried to attack the situation first before the news got there hands on it. They even developed a hotline to make it look as though they were not only persecuting the man charged with the crime in the news line but also searching out others who decide to partake on such questionable behavior. It is clear that they are trying to show that the truly care about the safety of the students at TYC. They go out their way to make sure that the community is alert on the problem m going on at TYC and that if they want to be involve they can by contacting their hotline number. The news made it out to look like a scandal has happen. They point fingers at certain people. They also make sure to note the problematic background of the instructor who was caught abusing the students. They even go as far as to make one of the head supervisors out to be a villain.

The words used in the organization are words that would draw sympathy towards the organization and fury towards the abuser and those who don’t take a part and helping to stop such acts. The word crime is in big red letters on the flyer of the press release to indicate that they will not stand for such behavior and it will be lawfully taken care of. “I want to make clear that we will not tolerate abuse of any youth in TYC”. “This hotline is another tool for people to report suspected abuse. I don’t care how it gets reported, just that it gets reported. We want to know what is happening so we can fix it and deal with those who would try to hurt our kids.” This is said by the Acting Executive Director, Ed Owens. He stresses that the hotline isn’t a tool of propaganda to make TYC look like the victims bit more the enforcers of a policy to make such behavior cease to exist. The new line reads, “TYC supervisor rebuffed abuse warnings”. The wordings for the headline itself points blame at representatives of TYC. They are clearly choosing to attack the organization in an attempt to exploit a hidden issue. In the press release for the organization I think Tim Savoy, the Public Information Officer in the speaker. He uses a lot of Ed Owens words to get across the message the organization as a whole is trying to portray. Gregg Jones of The Dallas Morning News is speaking in the news article. The two stories are definitely in disagreement. One is more of a pointing of fingers and the other is the reprimanding of said behavior. The tone in the organizational response is one of concise sternness and does not add to the story told by the press. The organization response is not adequate to filling in gaps in the news media accounts for it only says what it will do to stop the problem before it happens.