Will the Olympics in Canada Make Us Forget NBC’s PR Faux Pas?
‘If you work really, really hard, and you’re kind… Amazing things will happen to you.’ — Conan O’Brien
With grace and dignity, Conan O’Brien left The Tonight Show after just 7 months on the air. Short enough and memorable enough to be re-tweeted, the quote at the top of the post became a trending topic on [...]
Talking to fill the silence
If you’ve ever been interviewed by a journalist, you may have experienced a tactic designed to keep you talking. You’re answering, you’re answering, you finish — and silence. The other guy doesn’t say anything, doesn’t ask the next question, just looks at you expectantly. So you start answering again. And maybe putting your foot in [...]
