Welcome If I Did It: the show where we analyze PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA and beyond. This week we look back at the multiple kerfluffles of UFC 210 plus United Airlines, Sean Spicer and the love struck governor of Alabama.
You’re the New York State Athletic Commission. You temporarily cancelled a UFC fight last Saturday given a boxing breast implant prohibition that was mistakenly applied to MMA. Now that you’ve witnessed strength of the silicone, is it time to embrace it or expand the prohibition to MMA?
You’re Anthony Rumble Johnson. You retired from MMA immediately following your loss to Light Heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in the UFC 210 main event last Saturday in Buffalo. So why are you now filing a complaint against DC for his weigh-in towel trickery, when you have no intention to rematch?
You’re Henri Hooft, Anthony Johnson’s coach and corner. Why did you leave the Octagon before your fighter made his retirement speech last Saturday at UFC 210?
You’re referee Dan Miragliotta. You’ve been accused of bungling your duties as a referee in the controversial co-main at UFC 210. With the New York State Athletic Commission vindicating your actions, do you need to make any PR moves to prevent the Mazzagattfication of your reputation?
You’re Chris Weidman. With your failed gaming of MMA rules costing you a match and sympathy of the fans, what do you need to do to escape the woodpile?
You’re the WWE. Suspended superstar Paige suffered a sex tape leak which inspired her fiancée, and former WWE champion and MMA fighter Alberto Del Rio to rant on Periscope about the source and you. In wake of Paige’s upcoming biopic starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, is it best for business to monetize the beef by working an angle with Alberto?
You’re Former Alabama Governor Robert Bentley aka The Luv Gov. You resigned and pled guilty abusing state money to cover up your affair with a woman with whom you professed….loving to fondle her breasts. Since you claim it was just sex talk, how can you talk your way out of this mess?
You’re President Donald Trump.You skipped your staffer’s official Passover dinner. Your Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Hitler wasn’t as bad as Syria’s Assad, because “he was not using the gas on his own people.” Then made matters worse by clarifying Hitler’s using gas in the “Holocaust Centers”. Is it time to bring out Jared for cover or will you let these kerfuffles just…pass over?
TEACHABLE MOMENT: You’re United Airlines. You bungled the PR behind the brutalization of a passenger on your plane. And the world will not let this kerfuffle go gentle into that good night. What can we learn from your flight of PR failure?
KID NATE’S HEEL TURN
EUGENE’S LOST BATTALION
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“We’ll be back next week with another installment of If I Did It and we don’t know what we’ll be talking about yet because the PR mistakes have yet to be made.”
Welcome If I Did It: the show where we analyze PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA and beyond. This week we look back at the multiple kerfluffles of UFC 210 plus United Airlines, Sean Spicer and the love struck governor of Alabama.
You’re the New York State Athletic Commission. You temporarily cancelled a UFC fight last Saturday given a boxing breast implant prohibition that was mistakenly applied to MMA. Now that you’ve witnessed strength of the silicone, is it time to embrace it or expand the prohibition to MMA?
You’re Anthony Rumble Johnson. You retired from MMA immediately following your loss to Light Heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in the UFC 210 main event last Saturday in Buffalo. So why are you now filing a complaint against DC for his weigh-in towel trickery, when you have no intention to rematch?
You’re Henri Hooft, Anthony Johnson’s coach and corner. Why did you leave the Octagon before your fighter made his retirement speech last Saturday at UFC 210?
You’re referee Dan Miragliotta. You’ve been accused of bungling your duties as a referee in the controversial co-main at UFC 210. With the New York State Athletic Commission vindicating your actions, do you need to make any PR moves to prevent the Mazzagattfication of your reputation?
You’re Chris Weidman. With your failed gaming of MMA rules costing you a match and sympathy of the fans, what do you need to do to escape the woodpile?
You’re the WWE. Suspended superstar Paige suffered a sex tape leak which inspired her fiancée, and former WWE champion and MMA fighter Alberto Del Rio to rant on Periscope about the source and you. In wake of Paige’s upcoming biopic starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, is it best for business to monetize the beef by working an angle with Alberto?
You’re Former Alabama Governor Robert Bentley aka The Luv Gov. You resigned and pled guilty abusing state money to cover up your affair with a woman with whom you professed….loving to fondle her breasts. Since you claim it was just sex talk, how can you talk your way out of this mess?
You’re President Donald Trump.You skipped your staffer’s official Passover dinner. Your Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Hitler wasn’t as bad as Syria’s Assad, because “he was not using the gas on his own people.” Then made matters worse by clarifying Hitler’s using gas in the “Holocaust Centers”. Is it time to bring out Jared for cover or will you let these kerfuffles just…pass over?
TEACHABLE MOMENT: You’re United Airlines. You bungled the PR behind the brutalization of a passenger on your plane. And the world will not let this kerfuffle go gentle into that good night. What can we learn from your flight of PR failure?
KID NATE’S HEEL TURN
EUGENE’S LOST BATTALION
THANKS FOR JOINING US. FOLLOW US on Twitter @eugeneSrobinson, @kidnate@alexeiauld. PLEASE GIVE THIS A THUMBS UP and leave comments on YouTube, read Eugene at Ozydot.com and be sure and check out all three of us on Amazon.com
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Welcome to If I Did It the show where we handle PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA and beyond. This week we look at the UFC’s Snoop Dogg promos, Kelvin Gastelum’s reefer bust and more.
You’re WME-IMG. You’ve posed hype videos for UFC which prominently feature Snoop Dogg’s commentary. Is this a sign of more Snoop to come and if so, how? – 1:55
You’re UFC Middleweight Kelvin Gastelum. You were just removed from UFC 212 after testing positive for pot. How do you spin your reefer madness? – 8:35
You’re WME-IMG. Former boxing champ David Haye claims that the UFC spoke to him about fighting Jimi Manuwa. Was he bluffing or is there a future in his fronting? – 13:53
You’re Marvel Comics. Your vice president of sales blamed low sales on diversity during a retailer summit. CBR and other industry sources took him to task and found some of the best Marvel comic sellers involved female characters and that The Black Panther was the most successful comic book of 2016. What damage control do you need to take in wake of this kerfuffle? – 19:43
You’re FOX. Bill O’Reilly was the Bull of the Woods, live and in public if you will, until news broke that you allegedly spent over 10 million dollars settling his sex harassment suits. With twenty advertisers jumping ship, what moves can you make to right the course? – 25:05
You’re Kendrick Lamar. Your attempt at black female empowerment in your new “Humble” track is catching shade for promoting patriarchal and racist beauty standards. Your label co-president made matters worse by tweeting “Can someone help me understand exactly what a feminist is?” Should you manslpain or quietly move on? – 29:23
You’re Chance the Rapper. The Chicago Sun-Times ran a story that some fans want you to run for mayor. Your father was the deputy chief of staff for the current mayor Raul Emmanuel, you’ve funded Chicago schools and arts, and even rapped about being mayor back in 2015. How should you respond? – 31:00
You’re Nivea. You pulled your “White is Purity” deodorant ad after a social media uproar. Consumers now question your Germanic roots and inspiration in wake of this campaign and your last race row in 2011, ordering bearded black men with Afros to “Look Like You Give a Damn. Re-Civilize Yourself.” Should we just accept the fact that you can’t help yourself, you love the Aryan race and nobody else? – 33:05
TEACHABLE MOMENT. You’re Pepsi. Your ad campaign featuring Kendall Jenner as a police brutality peacemaker with your product arrived DOA. Forcing you to take action within twenty four hours. “We are removing the content and halting any further rollout.” What can we learn from your horrid attempt to appropriate political movements for pop soda profits? – 36:48
KID NATE’S HEEL TURN – 41:11
EUGENE’S LOST BATTALION – 43:31
THANKS FOR JOINING US. FOLLOW US on Twitter @eugeneSrobinson,@kidnate@alexeiauld. PLEASE GIVE THIS A THUMBS UP and leave comments on YouTube, read Eugene at Ozydot.com and be sure and check out all three of us on Amazon.com
“We’ll be back next week with another installment of If I Did It and we don’t know what we’ll be talking about yet because the PR mistakes have yet to be made.”
Welcome to If I Did It the show where we handle PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA and beyond. This week we look at the UFC’s Snoop Dogg promos, Kelvin Gastelum’s reefer bust and more.
You’re WME-IMG. You’ve posed hype videos for UFC which prominently feature Snoop Dogg’s commentary. Is this a sign of more Snoop to come and if so, how? – 1:55
You’re UFC Middleweight Kelvin Gastelum. You were just removed from UFC 212 after testing positive for pot. How do you spin your reefer madness? – 8:35
You’re WME-IMG. Former boxing champ David Haye claims that the UFC spoke to him about fighting Jimi Manuwa. Was he bluffing or is there a future in his fronting? – 13:53
You’re Marvel Comics. Your vice president of sales blamed low sales on diversity during a retailer summit. CBR and other industry sources took him to task and found some of the best Marvel comic sellers involved female characters and that The Black Panther was the most successful comic book of 2016. What damage control do you need to take in wake of this kerfuffle? – 19:43
You’re FOX. Bill O’Reilly was the Bull of the Woods, live and in public if you will, until news broke that you allegedly spent over 10 million dollars settling his sex harassment suits. With twenty advertisers jumping ship, what moves can you make to right the course? – 25:05
You’re Kendrick Lamar. Your attempt at black female empowerment in your new “Humble” track is catching shade for promoting patriarchal and racist beauty standards. Your label co-president made matters worse by tweeting “Can someone help me understand exactly what a feminist is?” Should you manslpain or quietly move on? – 29:23
You’re Chance the Rapper. The Chicago Sun-Times ran a story that some fans want you to run for mayor. Your father was the deputy chief of staff for the current mayor Raul Emmanuel, you’ve funded Chicago schools and arts, and even rapped about being mayor back in 2015. How should you respond? – 31:00
You’re Nivea. You pulled your “White is Purity” deodorant ad after a social media uproar. Consumers now question your Germanic roots and inspiration in wake of this campaign and your last race row in 2011, ordering bearded black men with Afros to “Look Like You Give a Damn. Re-Civilize Yourself.” Should we just accept the fact that you can’t help yourself, you love the Aryan race and nobody else? – 33:05
TEACHABLE MOMENT. You’re Pepsi. Your ad campaign featuring Kendall Jenner as a police brutality peacemaker with your product arrived DOA. Forcing you to take action within twenty four hours. “We are removing the content and halting any further rollout.” What can we learn from your horrid attempt to appropriate political movements for pop soda profits? – 36:48
KID NATE’S HEEL TURN – 41:11
EUGENE’S LOST BATTALION – 43:31
THANKS FOR JOINING US. FOLLOW US on Twitter @eugeneSrobinson,@kidnate@alexeiauld. PLEASE GIVE THIS A THUMBS UP and leave comments on YouTube, read Eugene at Ozydot.com and be sure and check out all three of us on Amazon.com
“We’ll be back next week with another installment of If I Did It and we don’t know what we’ll be talking about yet because the PR mistakes have yet to be made.”
Welcome to If I Did It the show where we solve PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA and beyond. This week we talk about the return of Georges St. Pierre and much much more.
You’re WME-IMG. Rumors abound that former UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre is targeting championships in three different weight divisions for his final fights. Should you invest GSP’s quest for gold or must you put this CAA jabroni in the Ari clutch, break his back, and make him humble?
You’re UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley. Snoop Dogg posted footage of you knocking out opponents while hyping up your skills as a movie star and champion. He ended with your knockdown of Wonderboy, clowned him, and asked, “And they called that a draw?!?” How do you maximize Snoop for your PR betterment?
You’re NCAA dad Lavar Ball. You enjoyed fame on the back of your superstar UCLA Basketball phenomenon freshman son Lonzo Ball. With his team no longer competing in March Madness, how do you maintain your relevance, live and in public, if you will, as the Bull of the Woods?
You’re the ex-husband of Rachel Dolezal. In her memoir “In Full Color”, your ex, who was a white woman passing for a black woman, claims you couldn’t handle her blackness. And during your marriage, you wanted a white woman who acted like a white woman. Is it time for your own memoir, tweet, or continued silence?
You’re Dave Chappelle. You enjoyed a big payday for dusting off some old recordings for new Netflix specials. So how do you handle the bad PR from LGBT fans taking issue with jokes they consider to be outdated,tone deaf, and hurtful?
You’re conservative host Tomi Lahren. The Blaze banned you, for life, because of your pro-choice proclamations on The View. What’s your best PR move to become a Megyn instead of a Milo?
You’re United Airlines. You allegedly banned teenage girls traveling with special employee and dependent passes from your flights for wearing leggings and, by doing so, violating your dress code. A social media furor erupted. How do you make amends?
TEACHABLE MOMENT. You’re President Donald Trump. You won the presidency with the premise that your mastery over the art of the deal would make America great again. Yet you failed to lead your party to repeal and replace Obamacare. What can we learn from your failure to conquer the swamp after threatening to drain it?
KID NATE’S HEEL TURN
EUGENE’S LOST BATTALION
THANKS FOR JOINING US. FOLLOW US on Twitter @eugeneSrobinson,@kidnate@alexeiauld. PLEASE GIVE THIS A THUMBS UP and leave comments on YouTube, read Eugene at Ozydot.com and be sure and check out all three of us on Amazon.com
“We’ll be back next week with another installment of If I Did It and we don’t know what we’ll be talking about yet because the PR mistakes have yet to be made.”
Welcome to If I Did It the show where we solve PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA and beyond. This week we talk about the return of Georges St. Pierre and much much more.
You’re WME-IMG. Rumors abound that former UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre is targeting championships in three different weight divisions for his final fights. Should you invest GSP’s quest for gold or must you put this CAA jabroni in the Ari clutch, break his back, and make him humble?
You’re UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley. Snoop Dogg posted footage of you knocking out opponents while hyping up your skills as a movie star and champion. He ended with your knockdown of Wonderboy, clowned him, and asked, “And they called that a draw?!?” How do you maximize Snoop for your PR betterment?
You’re NCAA dad Lavar Ball. You enjoyed fame on the back of your superstar UCLA Basketball phenomenon freshman son Lonzo Ball. With his team no longer competing in March Madness, how do you maintain your relevance, live and in public, if you will, as the Bull of the Woods?
You’re the ex-husband of Rachel Dolezal. In her memoir “In Full Color”, your ex, who was a white woman passing for a black woman, claims you couldn’t handle her blackness. And during your marriage, you wanted a white woman who acted like a white woman. Is it time for your own memoir, tweet, or continued silence?
You’re Dave Chappelle. You enjoyed a big payday for dusting off some old recordings for new Netflix specials. So how do you handle the bad PR from LGBT fans taking issue with jokes they consider to be outdated,tone deaf, and hurtful?
You’re conservative host Tomi Lahren. The Blaze banned you, for life, because of your pro-choice proclamations on The View. What’s your best PR move to become a Megyn instead of a Milo?
You’re United Airlines. You allegedly banned teenage girls traveling with special employee and dependent passes from your flights for wearing leggings and, by doing so, violating your dress code. A social media furor erupted. How do you make amends?
TEACHABLE MOMENT. You’re President Donald Trump. You won the presidency with the premise that your mastery over the art of the deal would make America great again. Yet you failed to lead your party to repeal and replace Obamacare. What can we learn from your failure to conquer the swamp after threatening to drain it?
KID NATE’S HEEL TURN
EUGENE’S LOST BATTALION
THANKS FOR JOINING US. FOLLOW US on Twitter @eugeneSrobinson,@kidnate@alexeiauld. PLEASE GIVE THIS A THUMBS UP and leave comments on YouTube, read Eugene at Ozydot.com and be sure and check out all three of us on Amazon.com
“We’ll be back next week with another installment of If I Did It and we don’t know what we’ll be talking about yet because the PR mistakes have yet to be made.”
Welcome to If I Did It, the show where we solve PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA and beyond. This week we look at Nate Diaz vs Dana White, Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather and more.
You’re Nate Diaz. UFC president Dana White is accusing you of turning down fights. You took to social media to respond “This fucker can’t stop making shit up about me and I haven’t been offered any fights except the one (I) Iaughed at”. Is this enough or do you need to do more to make your case to the public?
You’re WME-IMG. With Floyd, Conor, and Dana forming like Voltron to make the super fight happen, does your marketing heft and financial interests care when and where it occurs?
You’re South African Premier League’s Mohammed Anas. After winning a match Saturday due to your two goals, you felt like the Bull of the Woods and testified, live and in public, if you will, “I appreciate my wife and my girlfriend. Sorry to say, I mean my wife, my wife!” Are there any PR measures you can make to prevent hard times at home?
You’re Hillary Clinton. According to the Guardian, you told the Society of Irish Women’s at their annual St Patrick’s Day dinner last Friday, “I am ready to come out of the woods.” The heck you mean?
You’re a Jaded Democrat. With The Daily Beast reporting President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was an ardent defender and member of a frat with a racist rape culture, how do you prevent your party from doing what they do best at crunch time during confirmation hearings: dropping the ball!
You’re the US State Department. The University of Southern California hosts African delegations to meet with US government officials and business leaders each year at the African Global Economic and Development Summit. According to the Voice of America, “This year, the African summit has no Africans. All were denied visas.” You have not provided a comment. So give us one.
TEACHABLE MOMENT. You’re deceased Rock and Roll icon Chuck Berry. The world mourned your death by celebrating the joy you brought through your music instead of the litany of kerfuffles that would have derailed almost any other career. Can we attribute your PR invincibility to a pre-Internet age or some juju received at the crossroads?
KID NATE’S HEEL TURN
EUGENE’S LOST BATTALION
THANKS FOR JOINING US. FOLLOW US on Twitter @eugeneSrobinson, @kidnate@alexeiauld. PLEASE GIVE THIS A THUMBS UP and leave comments on YouTube, read Eugene at Ozydot.com and be sure and check out all three of us on Amazon.com
“We’ll be back next week with another installment of If I Did It and we don’t know what we’ll be talking about yet because the PR mistakes have yet to be made.”
Welcome to If I Did It, the show where we solve PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA and beyond. This week we look at Nate Diaz vs Dana White, Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather and more.
You’re Nate Diaz. UFC president Dana White is accusing you of turning down fights. You took to social media to respond “This fucker can’t stop making shit up about me and I haven’t been offered any fights except the one (I) Iaughed at”. Is this enough or do you need to do more to make your case to the public?
You’re WME-IMG. With Floyd, Conor, and Dana forming like Voltron to make the super fight happen, does your marketing heft and financial interests care when and where it occurs?
You’re South African Premier League’s Mohammed Anas. After winning a match Saturday due to your two goals, you felt like the Bull of the Woods and testified, live and in public, if you will, “I appreciate my wife and my girlfriend. Sorry to say, I mean my wife, my wife!” Are there any PR measures you can make to prevent hard times at home?
You’re Hillary Clinton. According to the Guardian, you told the Society of Irish Women’s at their annual St Patrick’s Day dinner last Friday, “I am ready to come out of the woods.” The heck you mean?
You’re a Jaded Democrat. With The Daily Beast reporting President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was an ardent defender and member of a frat with a racist rape culture, how do you prevent your party from doing what they do best at crunch time during confirmation hearings: dropping the ball!
You’re the US State Department. The University of Southern California hosts African delegations to meet with US government officials and business leaders each year at the African Global Economic and Development Summit. According to the Voice of America, “This year, the African summit has no Africans. All were denied visas.” You have not provided a comment. So give us one.
TEACHABLE MOMENT. You’re deceased Rock and Roll icon Chuck Berry. The world mourned your death by celebrating the joy you brought through your music instead of the litany of kerfuffles that would have derailed almost any other career. Can we attribute your PR invincibility to a pre-Internet age or some juju received at the crossroads?
KID NATE’S HEEL TURN
EUGENE’S LOST BATTALION
THANKS FOR JOINING US. FOLLOW US on Twitter @eugeneSrobinson, @kidnate@alexeiauld. PLEASE GIVE THIS A THUMBS UP and leave comments on YouTube, read Eugene at Ozydot.com and be sure and check out all three of us on Amazon.com
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Sorry cry babies! Kid Nate + Eugene S. Robinson are back with another installment of the infamous & patented Care/Don’t Care Preview. This time we’re looking at UFC Fight Night 107 live from London featuring Jimi Manuwa vs Corey Anderson…
Sorry cry babies! Kid Nate + Eugene S. Robinson are back with another installment of the infamous & patented Care/Don’t Care Preview. This time we’re looking at UFC Fight Night 107 live from London featuring Jimi Manuwa vs Corey Anderson.
Welcome to If I Did It, the show where we handle PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA and beyond. This week we look at the disaster that was UFC 209 and more.
You’re WME-IMG. With your second main event pay per view title fight ending in controversy, how do you avoid the rematch now and forever? – 1:03
You’re UFC Fighter Tony Ferguson. Despite reports that you’d receive your show money for your cancelled co-main against Khabib Nurmagomedov, you claim you received half of your purse. Is it better for your UFC career to keep quiet and if not, what’s your PR plan for getting the rest of your money, live and in public, if you will? – 15:28
You’re Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson. While speaking to your workers about America being a “land of dreams and opportunity,” you lectured “There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less. But they too had a dream that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great-grandsons, great-granddaughters, might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land.” After the internet exploded over your misapplication of the word immigrant, you doubled down. So are your critics. Now that it’s your turn at the table, is it time to hold em, fold ‘em, walk away, or run from this kerfuffle? – 19:20
You’re Arizona Gubernatorial Candidate Noah Dyer. Explain the PR behind posting the following statement on your campaign website under a category you labeled “scandal and controversy”: “Noah has had both deep and casual sexual experiences with all kinds of women. He is an advocate of open relationships. He’s had group sex and sex with married women. He has sent and received intimate texts and pictures, and occasionally recorded video during sex.” – 25:18
You’re Apple. Wikileaks published thousands of alleged CIA documents last Tuesday which exposes the tools to hack your products and spy on Americans. What PR moves do you need to take to make your users safe from spying? – 32:58
You’re a Hollywood Casting Agent. Samuel L. Jackson questioned your decision making on Hot 97. “There are a lot of black British actors in these movies…I don’t know what the love affair is with all that, it’s all good. Everybody needs to work, but there are a lot of brothers here that need to work.” Explain to us why you don’t want to give that work to the brothers here that need it. – 37:48
TEACHABLE MOMENT. You’re Iron Fist actor Finn Jones. When British Pakistani actor and MC Riz Ahmed posted his House of Commons speech about the need for representation through diversity, you chimed in. And got smacked down for contributing to a white savior trope and depriving an Asian American actor a stereotypical kung fu master role. You deactivated your twitter account for a day before making a return like Danny Rand. What can we learn from your failed, but earnest attempt, to be an ally nobody wanted? – 46:05
KID NATE’S HEEL TURN – 53:12
EUGENE’S LOST BATTALION – 54:57
THANKS FOR JOINING US. FOLLOW US on Twitter @eugeneSrobinson, @kidnate@alexeiauld. PLEASE GIVE THIS A THUMBS UP and leave comments on YouTube, read Eugene at Ozydot.com and be sure and check out all three of us on Amazon.com
“We’ll be back next week with another installment of If I Did It and we don’t know what we’ll be talking about yet because the PR mistakes have yet to be made.”
Welcome to If I Did It, the show where we handle PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA and beyond. This week we look at the disaster that was UFC 209 and more.
You’re WME-IMG. With your second main event pay per view title fight ending in controversy, how do you avoid the rematch now and forever? – 1:03
You’re UFC Fighter Tony Ferguson. Despite reports that you’d receive your show money for your cancelled co-main against Khabib Nurmagomedov, you claim you received half of your purse. Is it better for your UFC career to keep quiet and if not, what’s your PR plan for getting the rest of your money, live and in public, if you will? – 15:28
You’re Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson. While speaking to your workers about America being a “land of dreams and opportunity,” you lectured “There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less. But they too had a dream that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great-grandsons, great-granddaughters, might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land.” After the internet exploded over your misapplication of the word immigrant, you doubled down. So are your critics. Now that it’s your turn at the table, is it time to hold em, fold ‘em, walk away, or run from this kerfuffle? – 19:20
You’re Arizona Gubernatorial Candidate Noah Dyer. Explain the PR behind posting the following statement on your campaign website under a category you labeled “scandal and controversy”: “Noah has had both deep and casual sexual experiences with all kinds of women. He is an advocate of open relationships. He’s had group sex and sex with married women. He has sent and received intimate texts and pictures, and occasionally recorded video during sex.” – 25:18
You’re Apple. Wikileaks published thousands of alleged CIA documents last Tuesday which exposes the tools to hack your products and spy on Americans. What PR moves do you need to take to make your users safe from spying? – 32:58
You’re a Hollywood Casting Agent. Samuel L. Jackson questioned your decision making on Hot 97. “There are a lot of black British actors in these movies…I don’t know what the love affair is with all that, it’s all good. Everybody needs to work, but there are a lot of brothers here that need to work.” Explain to us why you don’t want to give that work to the brothers here that need it. – 37:48
TEACHABLE MOMENT. You’re Iron Fist actor Finn Jones. When British Pakistani actor and MC Riz Ahmed posted his House of Commons speech about the need for representation through diversity, you chimed in. And got smacked down for contributing to a white savior trope and depriving an Asian American actor a stereotypical kung fu master role. You deactivated your twitter account for a day before making a return like Danny Rand. What can we learn from your failed, but earnest attempt, to be an ally nobody wanted? – 46:05
KID NATE’S HEEL TURN – 53:12
EUGENE’S LOST BATTALION – 54:57
THANKS FOR JOINING US. FOLLOW US on Twitter @eugeneSrobinson, @kidnate@alexeiauld. PLEASE GIVE THIS A THUMBS UP and leave comments on YouTube, read Eugene at Ozydot.com and be sure and check out all three of us on Amazon.com
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