Ipsos-Reid's Darrell Bricker - blogs are "wank-fests" (en francais)

From Darrell Bricker's comments on Adam Daifallah's blog, one would think he's standing in for the hiding hibernating Scott Reid.



From his National Speaker Bureau profile:

Darrell Bricker
President and Chief Operating Officer for the Public Affairs Practice of Ipsos-Reid Corporation

Darrell Bricker is in tune with key issues of the day, government policies, and public opinions. He knows the federal scene inside and out and how it will affect the future of businesses, organizations, and the average Canadian.

... Darrell's research specialties include analysis of social and political trends, issues management, strategic communications and corporate reputation.

For a person who's profile highlights being "in tune" and listing specialties of "analysis of social and political trends, issues management, strategic communications and corporate reputation", characterizing blogs as "wank-fests" seems decidedly out of tune.

I wonder how many Ipsos-Reid corporate clients or their employees engage in "wank-fests"? Who knows why a corporation would ever want to be caught wanking.

I wonder if Ipsos-Reid has done any Government polling work? Seems to be a fair amount of wanking going on there.

Main stream media - wanking galore. I'm sure media bloggers such as Zerb will be overjoyed to learn she's now a leading 'wanker' in Darrell's world.

Political pundits and strategists -it's rumoured that pundits and strategists do actually have a heart and have been know to demonstrate a feeling or two now and again. To publically imply that they are wankers is truly not nice.

Ipsos-Reid just may need to draw on some of that vast experience they tout on their website:

We know from experience what to do when you need help. We have worked on public opinion and issue management assignments for clients facing strikes, allegations, and shareholder revolts, and helped repair reputations in just about every sector.

December is certainly turning into the month of 'Hoof in Mouth' disease for communications experts.

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