A George Orwell quotation sums up the current media firestorm perfectly
We at The Steeple Times thought this image of a lady holding up a piece of cardboard summed up the events of the weekend perfectly.
Two stories to keep beside you
Picture of the Week – A Bitter Future
Theresa May rewrites her party’s guiding slogan At the end of her speech to the Conservative Party conference, Theresa May held up her hand to issue a cheery wave. In doing so, she rewrote her party’s new guiding slogan. Instead of “A Better Future”, it became “Bitter”. How very apt. #DarthVaderFailsAgain. […]
Picture of the Week – Trump as Hitler
Donald Trump portrayed as Hitler and compared to the Nazi also Shared over 275,000 times on Facebook and published by the ‘Occupy Democrats’ group, our picture of the week shows wannabe President of the United States of America Donald Trump posing in a portrait in a Nazi costume. The image comes with […]
As a debate rages about the future of the BBC and the role of social media in the “outing” of personalities in connection to alleged stories of abuse, the words of George Orwell ring utterly true:
“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.”
For this simple reason, we make it our picture of the week. This scandal should not be brushed under the carpet.
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New Age Public Relations dynamics are based on the foundations of spin. The majority of Public relations practitioners who represent the rich and famous will admit that they are not in the business of telling the truth.
They don’t do the truth, it is bad for business.