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Facebook’s crisis handling – epic fail

Posted by: | Published on: 23rd March 2018 | In category: Blog, Media Training |

Facebook’s response to the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal is proving remarkably inept. The dynamite revelation by a whistleblower, that the data of 50 million users was mined without their consent and used by a political consultancy, threatens the very future of the social network.  Yet it has taken five days for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to issue a statement. 

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How sports bodies should respond to Bradley Wiggins drug abuse allegations

Posted by: | Published on: 5th March 2018 | In category: Blog, Media Training |

Sport is in the headlines for all the wrong reasons as professional cycling gets its head around the conclusion by MPs that Sir Bradley Wiggins abused drugs to enhance his performance. Clearly it’s a distressing and frustrating moment for all clean athletes and their representatives. So much more than individual reputations is at stake: trust in whole sports, sporting associations

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