{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Inside PR 549: When PR People Do Bad Things","description":"OK. Before you get defensive, I want make something clear right from the start: We are NOT saying all PR people are evil. Far from it. In fact, most of us are simply trying to do the best jobs we can for our organizations or clients and behave in an honest and ethical manner. But let\u2019s just say, there are some less than scrupulous individuals and companies whose approach and choices reflect badly on the industry. And it\u2019s not just PR pros who are guilty of this. Certain bloggers, journalists, media outlets and influencers are also not as honest or transparent as they could be when it comes to conflicts of interest. And because social media has given us all a voice, we need to make sure we think through the consequeneces of how we use it. That\u2019s what we talk about for this week\u2019s podcast. We got the idea from a Washington Post story about a site that bills itself as an investigative blog. Turns out, it has financial ties to a PR firm and seems to focus on stories where the agency\u2019s clients have a vested interest. In our opinion, this contravenes many PR codes of ethics and standards including PRSA, CPRS and the Global Alliance to name a few. Have a listen and let us know what you think. And if you want to dig deeper, check out Gini\u2019s Spin Sucks post on the subject. Subscribe to the Inside PR podcast We\u2019re trying to be wherever you want us to be. So, you can subscribe to Inside PR on the most popular podcast apps. Subscribe to Inside PR on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Inside PR on Spotify Subscribe to Inside PR on Google Play It\u2019s your turn We\u2019d love to hear what you think and if you have any subjects you\u2019d like us to cover in upcoming episodes. Leave us a comment on the blog. Send us an email or an audio comment to insideprcomments@gmail.com, Connect with us on Twitter. We\u2019re @inside_pr or connect directly with Gini Dietrich, Joseph Thornley, and Martin Waxman. Please rate us on Apple Podcasts We hope you like the podcast as much as we like making it for you. If you do, we have a favor to ask: If you like this podcast, please rate us on Apple Podcasts. Thank you to the people behind Inside PR Our producer is Jacob Waxman, a talented musician, producer, and recording engineer. Jacob produced the episode and is also the composer of our new theme music. Roger Dey is our announcer. Inside PR 548: What I want isn\u2019t important. It\u2019s about what you want by Joseph Thornley, Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.   ","author_name":"Inside PR","author_url":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca","html":"