Tucson AZ sees porn during Super bowl 2009

I was talking to a friend the other day and he asked me if I had heard anything about a porn clip that interrupted super bowl 2009. I said I have not heard anything about it. He told me that you can view it on you tube. Well I thought this would be interesting so I did some research on this.
If you watched the super bowl in 2004, you might have caught a glimpse of Janet Jacksons wardrobe malfunction when Justin Timberlake tore her top. Well this year Comcast in Tucson AZ area somehow aired a 15 sec to 30 sec clip of porn. It happened shortly after 7:30 when the Cardinals scored their last touchdown to take the lead.
The channel starts to get fuzzy and you see a woman unzipping a man’s pants, to make him fully nude and then some graphic material after words. They are saying it is a clip from Club Jenna. Which, is an adult TV channel featuring one of the world’s top porn stars Jenna Jameson. Some people might have thought it was just another commercial until they saw him nude. There were a lot of people that took it very offensive and want answers of how this could happen on the super bowl. One of the most viewed programs for the whole year. They are doing investigations to find out how this happened and Comcast did make an apology stating we will give you answers.
I would say that this is a big PR issue for Comcast they are going to have to inform all of their customers of how something like this could happen. I guess I am thinking that someone hit the wrong switch to go to commercial or something. NOTE: if you want to watch it, there is no nudity in it on you tube they have it blacked out.

Has Patrick Swayze given up hope?

Patrick Swayze has been in the spot light his whole life for acting. He has come out with some of the best movies of all times, like Dirty Dancing, Road House, and has starred in TV series as well. About a year ago he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He had had it for awhile and didn’t even know about it. When they finally figured out what it was it was too late it had already spread to his lungs. He tried to keep it as quiet as he could but the word got out and it hit the headlines. Most of the headlines were saying that Swayze only has a few months to live. He said that he is stubborn and is not ready to die. Well after proving the News and Doctors wrong going strong for over a year fighting this vigorous cancer he decided to go back to acting being the star in “The Beast”. There were a lot of people who thought he would not have the strength to do acting again with all of the treatments he has been going through, but than again he proved them wrong. Patrick and his wife finally went public about a month ago they did an interview on TV telling the World about his fears of fighting this cancer. It seemed pretty hard for him to talk about it.
The latest in the headlines is that Patrick quit treatment because he was being hospitalized for pneumonia a few weeks ago. But his publicist is denying that and states he is still in treatment. Everyone is saying that they cant believe how long Swayze has lasted with his cancer. Doctors say that with stage 4 pancreatic cancers you usually only live a few months. Well I hope he fights it as long as he can and does not give up hope.

Chapter One and assignments

I guess I really didn’t even know what Public Relations was before reading this chapter. All I knew is that I needed to take this class in order to graduate. So I found it very interesting and helpful with this chapter in Public Relations Writing. I don’t think that there is one definition of what public relations is..The book did mention the most common definition was founded in Mexico City in the 70’s. I like the way they state what and how to become a PR. They say you have to be educated and honest. I guess I didn’t realize how far in depth that they go and what they have to do. That brings me to the other part of the assignment that we had to do. We had to go to the PRSA website and read the America Code of Ethics 2000. In this assignment we had to write about what we agreed with and what we did not agree with.
Likes
Well first of all I would have to say the thing that I like the most is that they say that they are responsible for their actions. The reason I like this is because if they do screw up than they will let the public know that they miss informed them and make everything right. Honesty is another one that I like because than you are going to know up front what they are talking about and you know that the information that they come up with is going to be creditable.
I also like that the intent is to build trust with the clients and to keep them informed of what is going on. They also act in the best of interest with the clients, so if they know it is going to be something that will hurt them in the long run than it is probably better that they just don’t do it at all.
One of the best things that I like about PRSA is that they are supposed to “keep informed and educated about the practices in the profession to ensure ethical conduct.” I think that is awesome because if they don’t than they might be giving out information that is old or the client might have new or better things that they want to present to the people.

Dislikes
I guess I don’t agree that you cannot take gifts from the clients because it might influence your opinion on what you are writing about. What happens if the writer really does think that it is very good equipment I think he should be able to state what he thinks about it.
The conflicts of interest part I really don’t agree on because if you think something is bad and don’t believe in it how are you going to promote it? That is my question.
Other than that I would have to say for the most part I agree with just about all of their provisions and thoughts on who something should be written and how the clients are supposed to be treated. They seem to be a very well organized and professional company to do business with if you were looking for a PR person.

The Start and President Bush

Well once again the vacation has come to an end and another year of school begins. I am talking a Public Relations course and so far we have had to set up this blog. I haven't really ever been blogging before so this is new to me, but it seems fun so far. I have also made a web page on blackboard and did a scavenger hunt so i know where everything is and how everything works. I guess i did not realize that there were that many people out there blogging.

George Bush is now currently ranked as the worst president ever. They say for many reasons some of them are war on terror, invading Iraqi, and the massive financial crisis. Well since he is ranked as the worst president in history right now he only has one way to go and that is up. I think we don't know the reasons on why he did what he did yet but someday maybe we will figure them out and realize he really isn't as bad as he is. The article also states the only thing Bush has done is kept everything hidden with his cabinet for 8 years and i do agree on that. I think he has done an alright job but do not agree with all of his decisions he has made as being president. It always seems that the media only points out the negatives of what a president does and not any of the positive things he has done since he has been in office for 8 years.