Bob Pickard
@pr.bobpickard.com
Principal, Leadership Communication Inc. Public relations for newsmakers. 30+ year comms career @ 🇺🇸🇨🇳🇯🇵🇨🇦🇰🇷🇸🇬 Served as CEO of Burson in Asia and North Asia of Edelman. Former MDB global comms chief. PRC state media says I perform “purely sensational hype.”
The world now sees Canada 🇨🇦 and PM Mark Carney as a beacon against the dark forces of fascism. Trump, Danielle Smith, Pierre Poilievre and MAGA movement are going down fast. We discuss EU, Alberta, and Canada’s 🇨🇦 new global role on 🇨🇦The OShow @pr.bobpickard.com 🔗youtu.be/TXvCxj-mkiU?si… #CndPoli
"If we take a step back and look at the attempts to communicate the climate crisis then perhaps now is the time to admit that we have failed."
Climate communication is irrationally hopeful. We need to tell the truth about the Great Unraveling
Where’s the urgency in climate discussions? Scholars Theresa Leisgang and Gerriet Schwen examined why climate warnings fail to spur change and how they might better motivate us to act in the face of c...
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“Nobody in the world wants to lineup with this MAGA Trump failed brand now, except it would seem Danielle Smith Premier of Alberta who wants to pervert democratic institutions to maximize her own position of power.” @pr.bobpickard.com on 🇨🇦 The OShow youtu.be/E_Odjnj9kZs?si… #Cndpoli
🇨🇦 PM Mark Carney heralded as Leader of the Free World retaliates with new dollar-for-dollar tariffs on Trump’s America. Trump and Ford trade blows while Premier Danielle Smith threatens our sovereignty helping separatists. 🇨🇦 The OShow with @pr.bobpickard.com 🔗 youtu.be/E_Odjnj9kZs?...
THE OSHOW: CARNEY LEADS FREE WORLD, TRUMP WANTS LAKE ONTARIO, CANADA RETALIATES, SMITH HELPING USA
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We will discuss the latest tariffs in this war with Trump’s America and the way all the leaders are handling their communication on today’s OShow with @pr.bobpickard.com 🇨🇦 youtube.com/@theoshowwithl…
I hope this toxic propagandist proves too radioactive for any corporate comms department or public relations firm to hire. All WH Press Secretaries pivot and prevaricate, but this unethical liar is the most dishonest of any spokesperson to ever stand at the lectern in the Press Briefing Room.
VT Commons@vtcommons.bsky.social · last mo.She'll do great lying as part of a corporate comms team. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/t...
NEW: A PR firm used at least 15 fake personas — equipped with fake emails, fake websites, and in some cases, fake AI-generated faces — to send me dozens of pitch emails about its (very real) clients. Those clients told me they had no idea this was happening. futurism.com/artificial-i...
We Are Alarmed by This PR Firm Using a Small Army of Fake AI-Powered Publicists to Barrage Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients
A PR firm called Movchan Agency operated a roster of fake PR representatives, some with AI faces, to pitch journalists on stories. Why?
futurism.com
The Harvard Business School case study on the demise of CBS News will be a banger.
There’s something deeply satisfying about a wall of freshly baled straw.
This is an instantly iconic photo that will be remembered from this hinge point in history.
Michel Mompontet@mmompontet.bsky.social · 2mo agoEt cette photo terrible de Maximilien Lamy de l'AFP, qui nous montre ce que nous sommes devenus. Les spectateurs vaincus du désastre climatique .
I'm listening to historic radio station WWJ Detroit, on the air for 106 years since 1920. Broadcasting on 950 kHz at 50,000 watts, WWJ is credited with originating the first regular radio news reports, the first regularly scheduled religious broadcasts, and the first play-by-play sports broadcasts.
“Poilievre is way too glib! Demagoguery and disinformation is all we get. The personality is so sour and wanting in gravitas… He stirs the pot so they’ll follow him in this trauma bond of grievance against the country…” @pr.bobpickard.com on 🇨🇦 The OShow 🔗 youtu.be/1tOLJ8MwseI?si…
Politicians are trying to influence what AI chatbots say about them. Corporations have already been doing the same. Managing how AI systems characterize a subject is already a key part of reputation management. Understanding how AI systems form their answers is important for the people using them.
Politicians Are Trying to Change What Chatbots Say About Them (Gift Article)
Political campaigns have something new to worry about these days: unflattering or incomplete information produced by A.I. programs when voters ask questions about candidates.
nytimes.com
The liar isn’t the most dangerous communicator. It’s the person who doesn’t care if they’re telling the truth. A new study explains why: false claims are more believable from truth-indifferent sources than known liars (and corrections that kill lies bounce off bullshit). Repetition does the rest.
So the public is hearing much less about climate change. The share of Americans encountering the topic in the media at least monthly has fallen from 57% to 39%, even though 65% say the issue is personally important to them (and a majority are interested in global warming news stories).
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication@yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 3mo agoNEW STUDY: Awareness of climate change as a health issue is increasing, but polarization on the topic is, too. More findings, including public trust in figures like first responders and doctors, available here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... @mason4c.bsky.social
