Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been on a media blitz of the most sensational kind since his arrest for allegedly attempting to sell President Obama’s vacated Senate seat. His latest dumb move was to state in an interview for Esquire that he is “blacker than Barack Obama,” which immediately drew public ire from many different demographics.
A Chicago Tribune article on the story quotes Bernstein Crisis Management President Jonathan Bernstein as saying, “His tactic flies in the face of crisis-management rationale and most legal rationale,” and “If the desired result is to create a market for him as an outrageous personality, than he has succeeded,” sentiments which have been shared by nearly every PR and crisis management professional interviewed on the subject. While Blagojevich may believe he is innocent, his continued bad behavior is doing nothing to bring the public and media over to his side.
The BCM Blogging Team
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