Brady Update

Well, Tom Brady and his publicist finally did the correct thing. I still want to say that a lot of people's first impression, including mine, was that Brady was a scumbag who was mad he was bringing a child into this world. I think the publicist and Brady could have used a little more haste in getting out there message about being so happy about the pregnancy. Still, I am really happy to see that Brady is "excited" about the pregnancy. That makes me not think really terrible things about him and society. I want to thank Dr. Trammell for giving me a heads up on the Brady update. Thanks a lot. Until next time...

JetBlue Update

JetBlue has released their "customer bill of rights" just days after the whole "sitting on the runway for 8 hours" debacle. I think this was really important to their image restoration. If you read the article, it says that their shares fell 6 percent after that whole mess. I'm not much into the stock market, but goooooooo...that's probably not good. I think the most important part of this whole article is the final quote from David Stempler saying JetBlue's "heart was in the right place, but their head was not." Personally, and this is just me, I prefer someone acting on heart. I mean, compassion is what makes us human right? Don't get me wrong...I would have been realllllllly furious to be sitting on that plane for 8 hours, but I would have probably forgiven them if they gave me a free flight and then came out with this "customer bill of rights" thing. People make mistakes...I understand that. I'm pretty impressed with JetBlue, I think I might look for them more when I have to take a flight. Until next time...

Tom Brady's a daddy...JetBlue makes me happy

Weird title I know. First off, it has been confirmed that Tom Brady, the New England Patriots starting QB, is the father of the soon to be baby born to actress Bridget Moynahan. The couple had broken up a few months ago right when the baby was apparently conceived. Now, in this day and age having a baby outside of wedlock isn't anything new. My favorite actor, Johnny Depp, has 2 children with his girlfriend. The only reason I bring this up is because of how Brady could possibly be handling this. I think if I were the publicist of a big name person who was just found to be the father of a child that is going to be conceived outside of wedlock, I would definitely have some comment. I'm sure that Brady's publicist is getting about 8464354 calls, but I would definitely make sure I called arguably the number one sports source (ESPN) back with a comment. Obviously, this comment is going to be "Brady is sooooooooo excited about the announcement of him being a father." Just for your information, this same exact same thing happened to Matt Leinart, Heisman Trophy winner from USC and starting QB for the Arizona Cardinals, not too long ago.

JetBlue on the other hand makes me super happy. If you haven't heard, a JetBlue plane was stuck on the tarmac at JFK airport for like 8-10 hours the other day. No fun. Shel Holtz made some good comments about this situation and I tend to agree with everything he said. I think the apology was very nice and the way they went about it was wonderful. However, like Holtz says, there should have been something written on their website describing the situation and talking about precautions made to ensure nothing like that to ever happen again...or at least make things better when he does HAVE to happen. Until next time...

TBS makes a boo-boo

After reading the article about the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) stuff that went down in Boston, I have to say that TBS probably wasn't thinking. After 9/11 everyone is weary about bombs, terrorists, and so forth. I mean, there is about 5 bombs a day in Iraq it seems. I'm glad the Boston government freaked out. I do believe TBS handled it pretty well. I think they should have been more upfront about the situation. I think their contribution of $2 million and an apology should be enough. I think a "thank you, to Boston's finest" should be in order. That city should feel safer that the police force took such a serious attitude towards the situation.

Also, I have already stated that I'm interested in entertainment PR. Well, after reading Ryan Oneal's explanation for why he fired a gun, there is just no way to make this seem better. If you haven't read it, O'neal fired a gun at his son to avoid being hit with a fireplace poker. So is he insane and fires guns at his son, or is he a terrible father? Either way, not looking good for Mr. O'neal. Until next time...