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Re: Did Edelman drop the ball on Wal-Mart?

yfgewib — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:19:57 -0000

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Re: Did Edelman drop the ball on Wal-Mart?

Mathew Ingram — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:10:17 -0000

It's here: http://walmartingacrossamer...

Re: Did Edelman drop the ball on Wal-Mart?

Stuart MacDonald — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:08:08 -0000

Where is this so-called fake blog? I can't seem to find it, though there is plenty of people talking about it. Do you have the link?

Re: Did Edelman drop the ball on Wal-Mart?

Mathew Ingram — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:25:29 -0000

I agree, Tony. At this point, it has become much more about Edelman's response, or lack thereof -- never the kind of position you want to be in as a PR company.

Re: Did Edelman drop the ball on Wal-Mart?

Tony — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:22:07 -0000

Funny thing Mathew?
Edelman COULD have denied it all away -- there's certianly enough loose ends for plausible deniability. Or maybe just mentioned something. ANYTHING.

My humble opinion (and really, what's that worth? :) is that the story is now LESS about Wal-Mart, and more about Edelman, and by extension Steve Rubel.

I mean, if there really wasn't anything going on -- if Working Families for Walmart did this on its own without Edelman's ok, well why not just say so?

How about saying anything?
Isn't that what PR firms do?

I have a thought. Maybe Steve Rubel was hypnotized into blogging about Google Maps this morning. ;)

... hmmm ... maybe not. :)