#badpr — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #badpr, aggregated by home.social.
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The ‘Quiet Revival’ in British religiosity was only ever a statistical mirage
The much-heralded 'Quiet Revival' report on British youth religiosity has been withdrawn after its data was found to be fraudulent.
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Fake products, fake doctors, fake testimonials – the unchecked menace of online ads
A herbal patch claimed to be as good as Ozempic but it was a scam served up by an online advertising system optimised around fakery.
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Journalism relies on expert voices – AI is only going to make that harder
Our media demands quotes from experts to add context and authenticity to a story - it isn't ready for a world where expertise is instant... and fake
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#MassLayoffs & #RehiringEvents are just a way to get into the #news cycle by highlighting #managlement & #HR incompetence.
#ChangeMyMind
#PRtricks
#NewsCycleTricks
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How many young people deny the Holocaust? The truth might actually surprise you
Recent news stories declared that a fifth of all young Americans believe the Holocaust is a myth - however the finding owed more to online polling weaknesses than to antisemitism
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Bit of a Reach: media buy-outs and brutal cost-cutting have left an open door for PR nonsense
UK newspapers are awash with nonsensical PR stories based on dubious research - is it any wonder public trust in the media has fallen so far?
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They have also demonstrated with other anti-user #features that they will temporarily walk them back in the face of user #revolts or bad #publicity -- but will then proceed to roll them out more slowly, more quietly, or both once the furor has passed.
The claimed use cases for Recall also do not, IMHO, tell the whole #story of why this feature exists. It is enormous #overkill for those, and the #privacy/#security issues can not have been unanticipated.
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Jeremy Clarkson isn’t the sexiest man alive – he’s just headline fodder for a dodgy PR campaign
Dozens of newspapers recently reported on the finding that women across the UK want to sleep with Jeremy Clarkson - in a story that was merely an advert for a PR-savvy company
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This reads like they had to hunt high and low for months or years before they found someone grateful.
I don't wanna call NASA out, so I'll share a screenshot.
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In another tone deaf move, the “He Gets Us” Campaign, partially sponsored by the relic-stealing president of Hobby Lobby, triggered former religious club members across the nation.
