Comments on: Snippets: Jeremiah + Comcast Astroturf Incident http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2007/08/22/snippets-jeremiah-comcast-astroturf-incident/ Musings and analysis on marketing, buzz and communications. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:48:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Geoff Livingston http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2007/08/22/snippets-jeremiah-comcast-astroturf-incident/comment-page-1/#comment-5974 Geoff Livingston Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:47:33 +0000 http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/blog/2007/08/22/snippets-jeremiah-comcast-astroturf-incident/#comment-5974 Good Q. Two issues. 1) Companies still think they can control the message. 2) PR-communications practitioners who have failed to adapt to social media. They're still playing by the old rules, which allows you to ghost-write, etc. Answers? I don't know... It seems we always end up talking about the same ole, same ole when it comes to this. Guess we keep talking until they get it. Good Q. Two issues. 1) Companies still think they can control the message. 2) PR-communications practitioners who have failed to adapt to social media. They’re still playing by the old rules, which allows you to ghost-write, etc.

Answers? I don’t know… It seems we always end up talking about the same ole, same ole when it comes to this. Guess we keep talking until they get it.

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and if not, why does it keep happening?

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