The Crisis Scoop: Recent Episodes
Kim and Candace
Exciting discussions on national and global crises.
We’ll share our perspective as well as some of yours and look at the language, social media, news coverage and responses from the organizations involved.
Join us every Monday at noon.
On our final show we will discuss throwback crises from 2013 & 2014: Celebrity edition. These celebrity crises include Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson’s homophobic comments, Donald Sterling’s racist recordings and CeeLo Green’s controversial tweets about rape.
Outline
The Duck Dynasty Scoop According to DailyMail.com, Phil Robertson, Duck Dynasty reality star, made offensive comments during a phone-in interview on a Christian-themed radio show.
Sources: 5 Things to Remember When Discussing This Duck Dynasty Mess http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-boeskool/5-things-about-duck-dynasty-mess_b_4482314.html
Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson says AIDS is God's 'penalty' for 'immoral' gay conduct in his latest homophobic rant http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2751114/Duck-Dynasty-s-Phil-Robertson-says-AIDS-God-s-penalty-immoral-gay-conduct-latest-homophobic-rant.html
The Donald Sterling Scoop Donald Sterling, the former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers was banned from the NBA for life after telephone recordings leaked online featuring him making racist remarks to his former assistant and mistress, V. Stiviano.
Sources: Donald Sterling’s Mistress Outs Him as a Racist http://www.biography.com/news/scandals-of-2014-year-in-review
The 14 Biggest Celebrity Scandals Of 2014 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/31/the-14-biggest-celebrity-_n_6400282.html?utm_hp_ref=celebrity&ir=Celebrity
Donald Sterling Loses Court Case, Sale of Clippers Can Go Forward http://www.etonline.com/news/148985_donald_sterling_loses_court_case_sale_of_clippers_can_go_forward/
Clippers stage silent protest to owner http://www.nba.com/2014/news/04/27/clippers-silent-protest-donald-sterling.ap/
The sad last chapter of Sterling's life http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11105717/sad-last-chapter-donald-sterling-life
The CeeLo Scoop Musician, CeeLo Green, posted a series of disturbing tweets about his views on rape.
Sources: CeeLo Green dropped from two concerts after controversial rape remarks http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/cee-lo-green-dropped-concerts-rape-remarks-article-1.1931148
CeeLo Green apologizes for tweets about rape http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/03/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/cee-lo-green-rape-tweets/
Following No Contest Plea, CeeLo Green Tweets 'Women Who Have Really Been Raped Remember' http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6236564/ceelo-green-tweets-rape-statements-no-contest
CeeLo Green Tweets ‘It’s Not Rape If the Person Is Passed Out,’ Deletes Twitter http://www.newsweek.com/ceelo-green-tweets-its-not-rape-if-person-passed-out-deletes-twitter-267941
CeeLo Green’s Reality Show Canceled A Day After Tweeting It’s Only Rape If The Person Is Conscious http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/cee-lo-green-says-its-only-rape-if-the-person-is-conscious#.xm03N6NR7
imPRessions Now it’s time for imPRessions, to get another perspective, we talked to some students here at HPU. Let’s hear them.
Host Commentary Kim and Candace discuss the celebrity crises. We look at social media, how the media framed the crisis and how the person reacted.
Music and Sound Effects: "Aces High" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
License: Attribution 3.0 | Recorded by Maximilien http://soundbible.com/2041-News-Intro.html
License: Personal Use Only http://soundbible.com/77-DJ-Scratching.html
License: Attribution 3.0 | Recorded by Yannick Lemieux http://soundbible.com/1964-Small-Crowd-Applause.html
License: Personal Use Only http://soundbible.com/1378-Quack-Quack.html
License: Sampling Plus 1.0 | Recorded by cognito http://soundbible.com/1501-Buzzer.html
CeeLo Green “Forget You” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MRC8wNSpq4
On this week’s show we will discuss Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship and the Patriot’s deflated football accusations, in honor of the Superbowl on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2015. We spoke with some students at High Point University and got their opinions on these crises. Let us know if you agree or share your own thoughts!
Outline The Royal Caribbean Cruise Scoop A 22 year-old man went overboard on the Royal Caribbean “Oasis” cruise ship. He was in the water for about 5 hours before he was found by another ship, the Disney Magic.
imPRessions We value the opinions of our peers, so we met a High Point University student that has been on a cruise before and shared their experience and what his thoughts about the situation.
Host Commentary Looking from a PR perspective, Candace and Kim share how the Royal Caribbean did not release a statement and the effect no response can have on their brand. We also discuss the prodromes that Royal Caribbean can apply to prevent situations like this.
Sources:
Man falls from one cruise ship, is rescued by another five hours later http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/13/us/man-overboard-cruise-rescue/
Crisis of the Week: Royal Caribbean Goes Overboard http://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2015/01/20/crisis-of-the-week-royal-caribbean-goes-overboard/
The Patriots Scoop The NFL is investigating whether the New England Patriots deflated footballs that were used in their AFC championship game victory over the Indianapolis Colts.
imPRessions We value the opinions of our peers, so we two High Point University students and got their opinions. One is a Patriots fan and the other is not.
Host Commentary Looking from a PR perspective, these accusations have sparked many conversations. Kim and Candace discuss how these accusations surfaced, how the Patriots have responded as well as other organizations. From a social media standpoint, the hosts share some humorous comments about the situation that have been shared.
Sources:
Patriots accused of cheating by using deflated footballs http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/01/patriots-accused-of-cheating-by-using-deflated-footballs-vs-colts-110690.html#ixzz3QSOfoNFB
New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick: We "100 Percent" Followed NFL Rules http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/New-England-Patriots-Conference-Inflategate-NFL-289680631.html#ixzz3QAOG5rw5
Music and Sound Effects: "Aces High" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Crowd Boo And Heckles License: Attribution 3.0 | Recorded by Mike Koenig
News Intro License: Attribution 3.0 | Recorded by Maximilien
Crisp Ocean Waves License: Attribution 3.0 | Recorded by Mike Koenig
Nfl On Fox - Theme Music Mp3 http://www.stafaband.info/download/mp3/lagu_nfl_on_fox_theme_music/
On this week’s show we will discuss Madonna and the Target and Annie controversy. Promotion and brand are some factors that both of these crises have in common. As you listen in, what are some of your thoughts about image? What type of things could harm your image?
The Madonna Scoop Madonna is causing controversy and is being accused of using the Charlie Hebdo massacre to promote her album.
imPRessions We value the opinions of our peers, so we met Michael while at the gym and asked him what he thought.
Host Commentary Looking from a PR perspective, Candace and Kim share how Madonna could utilize her celebrity status to raise awareness and show compassion about the massacre and donate a portion of her album sales to those affected by the massacre.
Sources: Madonna accused of using Charlie Hebdo massacre to promote album http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/01/10/madonna-accused-using-charlie-hebdo-massacre-to-promote-album/
Is Madonna Using Charlie Hebdo Massacre Imagery to Promote Her New Album? http://www.eonline.com/news/612575/is-madonna-using-charlie-hebdo-massacre-imagery-to-promote-her-new-album
Madonna Instagram http://instagram.com/p/xk3F_cGERx/?modal=true
The Target Scoop Major chain Target is refusing to apologize for releasing an ad promoting a clothing line for the film “Annie” starring Quvenzhané Wallis. The ad used white models to advertise the Annie-themed clothing line instead of children of color.
imPRessions We value the opinions of our peers, so we met Chris and Austin and asked what they thought.
Host Commentary Looking from a PR perspective, Candace and Kim share how Target could have aligned themselves and had better communication with their customers.
Sources: Hey, Target: Why is Annie a white girl? http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/30/technology/target-annie-black-white/
Target’s ‘Annie’ ads stir up controversy http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/12/30/targets-annie-ads-stir-up-controversy/
Target refuses to apologize for racist ‘Annie’ ad http://www.blackyouthproject.com/2014/12/target-refuses-to-apologize-for-racist-annie-ad/
Target Under Fire for ‘white’ Annie Ads http://www.news4sanantonio.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/target-under-fire-white-annie-ads-19192.shtml
Music and Sound Effects:
"Aces High" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
License: Public Domain | Recorded by Lisa Redfern http://soundbible.com/2083-Crickets-Chirping-At-Night.html
License: Attribution 3.0 | Recorded by Maximilien http://soundbible.com/2041-News-Intro.html
License: Personal Use Only http://soundbible.com/77-DJ-Scratching.html
In this episode of The Crisis Scoop, Kim and Candace discuss the Bible cookie teacher and Texas hospital hostage crises. We begin by giving the when, where and how about the crisis then we get some feedback and share the opinions of our peers. We close by sharing our personal commentary on the crisis as well as our PR perspectives.
Tune in and share your thoughts! We’ll be back next Monday at Noon discussing Madonna and the Target and Annie controversy!
Thanks for listening!
Articles referenced in this episode:
Teacher Accused of Handing Out ‘Bible Cookies’ and Speaking About His Faith Is Being Investigated by California School District: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/01/12/teacher-accused-of-handing-out-bible-cookies-and-speaking-about-his-faith-is-being-investigated-by-california-school-district/
Man at Texas hospital surrenders to police without incident: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/01/11/police-respond-to-hostage-situation-at-texas-hospital/
George Pickering, man in Tomball Regional Medical Center standoff, had gun, police say: http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/george-pickering-man-in-tomball-regional-medical-center-standoff-had-gun-police-say-1.9794376
Music: "Aces High" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
For the next four weeks we’re going to discuss national and global crises.
We’ll share our perspective as well as some of yours. We’ll look at language, social media, news coverage and responses from the organizations involved.