Tag: PUBLICRELATIONS

Last week, the person operating the Twitter account @BPGlobalPR unveiled him or herself to the world under the pseudonym 'Leroy Stick,' and went on to eloquently explain the motivation behind the satirical feed. Apparently, though, that wasn't enough to satisfy the parody-paranoid officials at British Petroleum, who have forced Leroy to officially declare that the page isn't linked to their ...

Share As the fallout from last week's oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico continues to ooze its way toward land, the cries of anger echoing throughout the social media stratosphere have only intensified. The principal target of the online rage is BP, which has been disparaged in thousands of posts across Facebook and Twitter. The company, which owns the Deepwater Horizon rig that sank on ...

Share After a Greenpeace report accused Nestle of importing palm oil from suppliers who are destroying the Indonesian rainforests that are home to endangered orangutans, a bevy of angry consumers flocked to the candy maker's Facebook page. Apparently dissatisfied with Nestle's tepid public defense of its palm oil policy, environmentally conscious users flooded the page with vitriolic comments ...