The Killeen Furtney Group, the PR firm that represented OctoMom, has resigned. We posted last week that they would soon regret trying to cash in on representing this person. They cited death threats as their reason. It is more likely death of their business.
Guess Nadya Suleman will have to represent herself, which means she will be out of the spotlight. We all are winners.
Showing posts with label OctoMom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OctoMom. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
OctoMom Defies Media Traditions
One thing is for sure, the media love pets and kids. They also love a heartwarming and heartbreaking story. Nadya Suleman, or OctoMom, fits that category perfectly. She has lots of kids and is very needy.
But surprisingly, the media have taken a hard line position on the story. Who is going to pay the bills has been a huge story, and there haven't been many, if any, cuddly stories on the babies.
Kudos to the LA Times for actually cutting loose some investigative reporters and doing their job.
But surprisingly, the media have taken a hard line position on the story. Who is going to pay the bills has been a huge story, and there haven't been many, if any, cuddly stories on the babies.
Kudos to the LA Times for actually cutting loose some investigative reporters and doing their job.
When A PR Firm Becomes The Story
The Killeen Furtney Group, I suspect, was very excited to be retained by "OctoMom" for PR. After all, Joann Killeen said "she is the most famous mom in the world."
That was before the world heard the details.
By all accounts, OctoMom has turned into a PR nightmare for Killeen Furtney Group. The more they do, the more the press and public turn against them and their client. What Killeen Furtney Group probably didn't realize was that OctoMom would become the poster child for everything wrong with the California economy. Not only has her giving birth to eight more kids come into scrutiny, the fact that California taxpayers will be footing the bill has made much of the public rage.
All PR firms like high profile clients. They are fun, exciting and often lucrative. But in this case, I bet Killeen Furtney Group would like to turn back the clock when they signed OctoMom.
That was before the world heard the details.
By all accounts, OctoMom has turned into a PR nightmare for Killeen Furtney Group. The more they do, the more the press and public turn against them and their client. What Killeen Furtney Group probably didn't realize was that OctoMom would become the poster child for everything wrong with the California economy. Not only has her giving birth to eight more kids come into scrutiny, the fact that California taxpayers will be footing the bill has made much of the public rage.
All PR firms like high profile clients. They are fun, exciting and often lucrative. But in this case, I bet Killeen Furtney Group would like to turn back the clock when they signed OctoMom.
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