Rebranding Las Vegas after tragedy

https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/10/22/76920/las-vegas-struggles-to-rebrand-after-tragedy/

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/22/vegas-rebranding-shows-difficulty-messaging-after-tragedy.html

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/mandalay-bay-owner-faces-backlash-vegasstrong-ad-50581985

CNN ad with an apple not a banana?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/new-cnn-ad-wants-to-remind-you-that-an-apple-is-not-a-banana/ar-AAtWwtK

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865691569/CNNs-new-commercial-uses-an-apple-to-explain-fake-news.html

"This is a baby," an ad from a GOP representative--a  facts first counter:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/25/gop-rep-counters-cnn-s-facts-first-ad-with-pro-life-video-this-is-baby.html

Merchants of Doubt information 4 U

New York Times Review from 2015:

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/movies/review-merchants-of-doubt-separating-science-from-spin.html

Top "writing across the disciplines" programs

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/writing-programs

Stranger Things marketing spoilers a sign of things to come?

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/18/16497442/stranger-things-season-2-spoiler-tweets-wil-wheaton-chris-hardwick

Older marketers need how to market to to young people

Instagram and Snapchat tips:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2017/10/18/13-tips-for-effectively-marketing-to-youths-on-snapchat-and-instagram/

NYT staff gets new social media guidelines

http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/10/the-new-york-times-released-new-staff-social-media-guidelines-so-phew-thankfully-thats-settled/?utm_content=buffer193d9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

PSA from Burger King addresses bullying

http://fortune.com/2017/10/18/burger-king-psa-bullying/

PR firms and ghostwriting. Ehtical or not?

https://undark.org/article/stat-op-ed-ghostwriting/

Can Trump really take away NBC's license?

http://www.9news.com/news/local/verify/verify-can-president-trump-really-get-rid-of-nbcs-license/482639535?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=59def6d24b7385000746ce3f&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

Wrong WH photo used on purpose?

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/trump-white-house-accidentally-uses-photo-of-obamas-dog-bo-to-tout-their-tax-proposal/.

Hard copy textbooks better?

http://www.thisisinsider.com/students-learning-education-print-textbooks-screens-study-2017-10?utm_content=buffer8b7e6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-insider-design

When should journalists intervene?

http://ijnet.org/en/blog/rules-engagement-when-should-journalists-intervene

Also:
http://ijnet.org/en/blog/rules-engagement-when-should-journalists-intervene

The "Me Too" campaign

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/business/media/harvey-weinsteins-fall-opens-the-floodgates-in-hollywood.html

New PR standards requested by Edelman head

http://www.prweek.com/article/1447801/edelman-calls-new-set-pr-ethics-standards-post-bell-pottinger

Trump's definition of fake news and why the public hates the media

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/oct/18/deciding-whats-fake-medias-definition-fake-news-vs/

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-oppenheimer-media-credibility-20171017-story.html

Sponsored content here to stay?

http://harvardpolitics.com/united-states/sponsored-content-in-the-media-emerging-threat-or-evolution-of-the-industry/

ESPN's Hill suspended following another social media uproar

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/jemele-hill-suspended-espn-1202584548/?s_id=57e9a0c42ddf9c7ef386f68c

Plastic Surgeons get ethics code for social media use

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2017/september/end-to-circus-in-plastic-surgery-social-media-videos/

Magazines: The most trusted reporting source?

http://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/9520/2017-10-06/print-positioned-as-trusted-alternative-amid-fake-news-furor.html

Sloppy journalism or something else?

http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/08/media/cbs-sports-colin-kaepernick/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom&utm_source=CNN+Media%3A+Reliable+Sources&utm_campaign=9fc84943f2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e95cdc16a9-9fc84943f2-84924833

Russia may restrict U.S. news media

http://www.adweek.com/blognetwork/moscow-warns-it-may-restrict-u-s-media-in-russia/45353?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=ABN_MorningMediaNewsfeed&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_2017100908&s_id=57e9a0c42ddf9c7ef386f68c

Podcast "reads" to little ones before bed

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/arts/kids-podcast-panoply-pinna.html?_r=1

Facebook hires more people to check ads

https://www.recode.net/2017/10/2/16395342/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-advertising-policies-russia-investigation-election-moderators

Dove has advertising problem

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dove-apologizes-for-facebook-soap-ad-that-many-call-racist/ar-AAt7uXA?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp

http://www.adweek.com/blognetwork/dove-apologizes-for-posting-racially-insensitive-ad-on-facebook-that-missed-the-mark/45367?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=ABN_MorningMediaNewsfeed&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_2017100908&s_id=57e9a0c42ddf9c7ef386f68c

Cam Newton's woes

http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/dannon-drops-nfl-quarterback-cam-newton-over-sexist-and-disparaging-remarks/?utm_campaign=nl_1&utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=AWK_BreakingNews&s_id=57e9a0c42ddf9c7ef386f68c