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    Dan Abrams Tries To Explain Away Obvious Conflicts Of Interest. Fails.
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    11/19/08

    In reply to Dan Abrams Tries To Explain Away Obvious Conflicts Of Interest. Fails.
    No, no, guys, let me explain this one more time. Let's say you're a young I.T. firm, and you're looking for strategies to introduce your services to a wide audience. Why listen to some know-nothing PR consultant when you can just pay me to pay journalists to pay attention to you and cover your company in the media? Genius, right? Right? Hello? WHERE ARE YOU ALL GOING?!
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/19/08

    @flossy:


    I love it when you flossynaucinihilipillify.

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    11/19/08

    In reply to Dan Abrams Tries To Explain Away Obvious Conflicts Of Interest. Fails.
    Maybe the should have convened a panel of bloggers pre-launch to figure out the best way to sell the concept.
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    11/19/08

    In reply to Dan Abrams Tries To Explain Away Obvious Conflicts Of Interest. Fails.
    Is he really that hard up for cash these days? Isn't he a lawyer or something? Poor bastard.
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    11/19/08

    In reply to Dan Abrams Tries To Explain Away Obvious Conflicts Of Interest. Fails.
    Mega-Corporate media is awash in conflicts of interest. It's rampant.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/19/08

    In reply to Dan Abrams Tries To Explain Away Obvious Conflicts Of Interest. Fails.
    It's a diversion, people! It's a limited hangout! Just like Neel Kashkari was inserted to draw fire, Abrams Research was created to draw fire. It's a nothingburger deluxe.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    11/19/08

    In reply to Dan Abrams Tries To Explain Away Obvious Conflicts Of Interest. Fails.
    Hamilton, you make a lot of good points. Instead of putting it all here, though, you should have tried to sell this advice to Dan Abrams.
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    Image of Weegee's bored Weegee's bored
    11/19/08

    In reply to Dan Abrams Tries To Explain Away Obvious Conflicts Of Interest. Fails.
    Dan is trying to work the old advice-over-beer thing between newsmen and PR guys. It's cozy and everyone gives flacks an earful at the bar, and if he buys you a beer you buy him one back. But this? No.
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    11/19/08

    In reply to Dan Abrams Tries To Explain Away Obvious Conflicts Of Interest. Fails.
    This is such an outrageous, scummy idea, and whatever respect I might have had for Dan Abrams (in a previous life) is now gone.
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    11/19/08

    In reply to Dan Abrams Tries To Explain Away Obvious Conflicts Of Interest. Fails.
    Dan Abrams looks like the prep villain in an 80's B comedy.
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    Image of Helman Helman
    11/19/08

    @Richard: There can be only one such villain, and he is James Spader. But I see your point.
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    Image of Colonel Mustard Colonel Mustard
    11/19/08

    @Richard: YES. He is going to make sure his dad forecloses on the mortgage of the Youth Center, just to spite the good girl who wouldn't put out (because she volunteers there), unless the kids can win the $50,000 prize at that dance contest in Chicago this weekend!
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    11/19/08

    @Richard: he actually looks kind of cool now [cache.daylife.com]
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    11/19/08

    @Richard: He's more 'Dean.'
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    11/19/08

    @Colonel Mustard: It's THIS WEEKEND!!
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    11/19/08

    @Colonel Mustard: "Blues Brothers" spinoff?
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    11/19/08

    @Helman: Craig Sheffer was playing a poor man's Spader in 'Some Kind of Wonderful' but he still had some great lines:


    "Stay close, but not too close. Back off when I say."

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    Image of Colonel Mustard Colonel Mustard
    11/19/08

    @Weegee's bored: Actually, I was thinking more Delivery Boys spin-off, but then there really were only about three movie plots in the 80s and they just got repackaged.


    @Richard: Fortunately, one of the kids has a father who drives a school bus, so when Dan Abrams sabotages their truck, they'll still be able to get there in the nick of time.

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