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EP 14 What would you do if asked to lie to the media? Also, dealing with disingenuous politicians and feeding the media beast - with Adam Wine
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In this episode, we continue our conversation with Adam Wine, a 30-year veteran of the US Coast Guard. Adam discusses the frustration of being on the response team when politics get in the way and politicians seeking the spotlight lie to the public.
We talk about our experiences working the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response and our frustrations as PIOs dealing with disingenuous politicians (we're being kind here). It can be difficult getting information to the public in a timely fashion when your press releases are being routed to the White House for approval - far outside the normal unified command approval process. That happens. How do you deal with it?
In a surprising story, Adam shares how he was fired from the Deepwater Horizon spill response team in Louisiana by the White House. Yes, Adam tells us how political operatives in the Obama White House got him fired from his position leading communications in one coastal area of the spill response. This story came up as part of our conversation about the politicization of crisis situations, which has been going on for decades.
Tom, Marc and Adam discuss several incidents where politicians intervened in response communications, and Adam shares the story of why he was fired, and how he held his ground when asked to lie about the crisis response effort.
We'd love to hear from you. Email the show at [email protected].
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In this episode, we continue our conversation with Adam Wine, a 30-year veteran of the US Coast Guard. Adam discusses the frustration of being on the response team when politics get in the way and politicians seeking the spotlight lie to the public.
We talk about our experiences working the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response and our frustrations as PIOs dealing with disingenuous politicians (we're being kind here). It can be difficult getting information to the public in a timely fashion when your press releases are being routed to the White House for approval - far outside the normal unified command approval process. That happens. How do you deal with it?
In a surprising story, Adam shares how he was fired from the Deepwater Horizon spill response team in Louisiana by the White House. Yes, Adam tells us how political operatives in the Obama White House got him fired from his position leading communications in one coastal area of the spill response. This story came up as part of our conversation about the politicization of crisis situations, which has been going on for decades.
Tom, Marc and Adam discuss several incidents where politicians intervened in response communications, and Adam shares the story of why he was fired, and how he held his ground when asked to lie about the crisis response effort.
We'd love to hear from you. Email the show at [email protected].