Thursday, February 19, 2009

Was Killeen in it to Spin It?



Poor, poor renowned PR practitioner Joann Killeen. Boy, has America gotten so mean over the years! Or so she said in this recent Larry King Live interview, but we all know she was in it to spin it.

It was Killeen's dream that Ms. Suleman would have had that star-studded "Eight Isn't Enough" TLC show (thanks, Corey, for your suggestion :). The octuplet lady would be such a money-maker by selling her 14 kids' souls to publicity hounds. Due to Suleman's insidious way of having these kids, you might as well call her up for the next casting call of "Bachelorette." She is looking for a husband, after all.

But what really gripes me about this whole ordeal is the fact that Killeen went on the air proclaiming herself a victim more than a culprit. What would possess her to sign on as Suleman's publicist-- if not for the love of generating lots and lots of percentage share? Sorry, Ms. Killeen. I don't buy your quip. And to your Coolidge adage on your Web site's front page quote roll (though I might add some other sayings have strong merit) Nothing I never said did me any harm... Well, apparently, it did.

To the spin doctors out there who cut corners and tell half-truths, shame on you. The web 2.0 world is making your ills more apparent every day. Hmmm... are death threats deserved?