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Disclosure: I’ve never flown Ryanair. So I might be speaking out the bottom of my non-reclining seat. However, I love most of Ryanair’s PR. Here’re ten reasons why (and the cavil).

http://paulseaman.eu/2009/10/why-hate-ryanairs-pr/

I read in this morning’s The Times that in the US, Harris Tweed has decided to de-Scottify its brand following the release of the Lockerbie bomber. How dumb do Harris Tweed think Americans are? More...

http://paulseaman.eu/2009/09/by-harris-youve-got-your-tweed-in-a-twist/

Gordon Brown has been almost universally condemned for his silence over the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi. So it is left to me to speak up for the Prime Minister’s right to remain silent in the heat of battle. More....

http://paulseaman.eu/2009/08/in-defence-of-gordons-silence-over-libya/

Before I head off to Montreux for a few days’ rest, here’s a quick response to today’s FT report on Edelman’s trust survey’s half-yearly update. Once again the survey’s findings are topsy turvy, particularly when it comes to how Edelman interprets its own data.

First, I’ll risk summarising Richard Edelman’s take on the survey’s findings as reported by the FT:

(1) Trust in government and business used to be inverse, now they’re less so.
(2) The public trust firms which focus on good products an… Continue

I’ve just been out rowing on Zurich lake. It’s a good place to muse. You can’t share my blisters but I hope you’ll share my water-bourne (and not water-logged) thoughts on whether the ultra-modern “social” media really are all that different to poor old “mass” media. More....

http://paulseaman.eu/2009/07/is-the-social-media-really-social-or-media/