{"id":2415,"date":"2010-06-02T20:33:11","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T04:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caitlinburke.com\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2014-07-14T23:31:41","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T03:31:41","slug":"the-leroy-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caitlinburke.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/02\/the-leroy-stick\/","title":{"rendered":"The Leroy Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a big fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/bpglobalpr\" target=\"_blank\">BPGlobalPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/streetgiant.com\/2010\/06\/02\/leroy-stick-the-man-behind-bpglobalpr\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinburke.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/leroy-stick.jpg\" alt=\"GET WELLS SOON!\" title=\"GET WELLS SOON!\" width=\"500\" height=\"228\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2416\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>It sprang to life on May 19th with a quiet message: &#8220;We regretfully admit that something has happened off of the Gulf Coast. More to come.&#8221; It&#8217;s been faithfully maintained since, and the writer has been invited to give <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2010\/may\/28\/crash-course-pr-twitter-bpglobalpr\" target=\"_blank\">PR advice to readers of the Guardian<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>6. Be willing to laugh at yourself! After I spilled a salad on my lap, I immediately tweeted about it.<\/p>\n<p><i>@BPGlobalPR: Eating at a very expensive restaurant and spilled salad dressing on my pants. Not sure how to tackle this.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And now the writer has given <a href=\"http:\/\/streetgiant.com\/2010\/06\/02\/leroy-stick-the-man-behind-bpglobalpr\/\" target=\"_blank\">an interview in a substantially more serious vein<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Do you want to know what BP should do about me?  Do you want to know what their PR strategy should be?  They should fire everyone in their joke of a PR department, starting with all-star Anne Womack-Kolto[n] and focus on actually fixing the problems at hand. Honestly, Cheney\u2019s publicist?  That\u2019s too easy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I can&#8217;t help but admire BP for hiring Cheney&#8217;s publicist, though, I have to admit. But then, that is exactly the kind of sensitive and responsible approach we can expect from a company whose CEO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/business\/2010\/may\/13\/bp-boss-admits-mistakes-gulf-oil-spill\" target=\"_blank\">claimed its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was &#8220;relatively tiny&#8221; compared with the &#8220;very big ocean&#8221;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yessir. Heckuva glob, BP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a big fan of BPGlobalPR. It sprang to life on May 19th with a quiet message: &#8220;We regretfully admit that something has happened off of the Gulf Coast. More to come.&#8221; It&#8217;s been faithfully maintained since, and the writer has been invited to give PR advice to readers of the Guardian: 6. 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