Comments on: Steve Jobs’ PR Peeps http://www.kelandpartners.com/kelkellyblog/2009/01/25/steve-jobs-pr-peeps/ be SEEN. be HEARD. be UNDERSTOOD. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:47:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Kel http://www.kelandpartners.com/kelkellyblog/2009/01/25/steve-jobs-pr-peeps/comment-page-1/#comment-4925 Kel Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:28:20 +0000 http://www.kelandpartners.com/kelkellyblog/2009/01/25/steve-jobs-pr-peeps/#comment-4925 steve, the unfortunate thing is we will never know. i still wonder how much jobs himself knew. think about it -- if his doctors originally misdiagnosed the illness then he could have been as surprised as everyone. let me also take this moment to wish him a speedy and full recovery. at the end of the day, this controversy is about a very sick man. regardless of how it came to light, i hope he beats it asap. steve, the unfortunate thing is we will never know. i still wonder how much jobs himself knew. think about it — if his doctors originally misdiagnosed the illness then he could have been as surprised as everyone. let me also take this moment to wish him a speedy and full recovery. at the end of the day, this controversy is about a very sick man. regardless of how it came to light, i hope he beats it asap.

]]> By: Kel http://www.kelandpartners.com/kelkellyblog/2009/01/25/steve-jobs-pr-peeps/comment-page-1/#comment-4924 Kel Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:22:20 +0000 http://www.kelandpartners.com/kelkellyblog/2009/01/25/steve-jobs-pr-peeps/#comment-4924 meagan, that's my concern. pr peeps may be getting lumped under a pr umbrella when they may have been innocent bystanders with no knowledge. i have a feeling something so personal was shared with very few. meagan, that’s my concern. pr peeps may be getting lumped under a pr umbrella when they may have been innocent bystanders with no knowledge. i have a feeling something so personal was shared with very few.

]]> By: Steve http://www.kelandpartners.com/kelkellyblog/2009/01/25/steve-jobs-pr-peeps/comment-page-1/#comment-4923 Steve Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:12:33 +0000 http://www.kelandpartners.com/kelkellyblog/2009/01/25/steve-jobs-pr-peeps/#comment-4923 I don't know if I agree entirely. I remember seeing a news report just around the time Apple made the announcement; the report was based around the overall look of Jobs and how he appeared to have lost a considerable amount of weight. Between the rumors bouncing around the blogosphere and Apple backing out of MacWorld in mid-Decemeber, I think there is the possibility of some top internal PR pros knowing about Jobs health. If they did know and did not address it, I think it was a tactic of damage control. Although there might be some conflict of interest as far as investors go, maybe the PR pros were doing what they were instructed and maybe what was best to keep the company moving along. I don’t know if I agree entirely. I remember seeing a news report just around the time Apple made the announcement; the report was based around the overall look of Jobs and how he appeared to have lost a considerable amount of weight. Between the rumors bouncing around the blogosphere and Apple backing out of MacWorld in mid-Decemeber, I think there is the possibility of some top internal PR pros knowing about Jobs health.

If they did know and did not address it, I think it was a tactic of damage control. Although there might be some conflict of interest as far as investors go, maybe the PR pros were doing what they were instructed and maybe what was best to keep the company moving along.

]]> By: Meagan http://www.kelandpartners.com/kelkellyblog/2009/01/25/steve-jobs-pr-peeps/comment-page-1/#comment-4922 Meagan Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:07:34 +0000 http://www.kelandpartners.com/kelkellyblog/2009/01/25/steve-jobs-pr-peeps/#comment-4922 Scary to think how easy it is for PR to be blamed. Having worked PR for a huge, publicly traded company, I can tell you honestly that the PR people towards the bottom get little more than press release information from the top. With an issue as trying as personal, life-or-death health, it is crazy to think that PR people (aside from perhaps the top brass) played any part in deciding what information was to be withheld from the press. Scary to think how easy it is for PR to be blamed. Having worked PR for a huge, publicly traded company, I can tell you honestly that the PR people towards the bottom get little more than press release information from the top. With an issue as trying as personal, life-or-death health, it is crazy to think that PR people (aside from perhaps the top brass) played any part in deciding what information was to be withheld from the press.

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