Posts Tagged ‘spokespeople’

If you want to know how to handle the media in a crisis, take a lesson from Thad Allen.  It’s rare to have someone who can completely corral the media in the middle of chaos and turn things around.  And that’s exactly what he did.  Watched him last night on the PBS News Hour.  In response to a question about how he viewed BP’s response to the disaster he said BP was used to dealing with big contracts and big projects.  When it came to dealing with people individually and handling disaster claims, that was “not their core competency!”  What a wonderful way to say their response to people living and working in the Gulf was crappy!!!  Kudo’s to you sir!  I will miss your steady hand and direct communication.