On September 11, it is only fitting to write a post pertaining to this topic. Mine will center around how others react to this event to this day.
One year ago, a huge uproar was made because the first tweet of the day sent from President Obama's twitter was about signing up to help his election while Governor Romney's account had a heartfelt message about remembering the victims of 9/11. What a disaster for President Obama's public relations team.
Many people were coming to his defense saying the tweet was not from him personally and was not his fault. Should we really cast away the blame so easily? I believe that someone should have seen that the tweet was going to be sent on 9/11, and therefore made sure that a remembrance thought was sent from him first.
Yes, he still won the election, but I think there is a very important message for public relations professionals to learn from this. No detail is too small, especially when concerning a topic that is still touching to all of our hearts. I believe that knowing this day is so important to so many American citizens should have prompted an extra look at the messages being sent that day. Let's not forget, many of the citizens who remember firsthand the attack were also voting age.
You make a really interesting point here. I can definitely see where this is a simple mistake on the Obama campaign, whether it was the President personally or someone else it should've been caught. Now I am in no way shape or form an Obama supporter and I'm definitely not against him so being neutral I can see all aspects of the situation. For someone who was team Romney would see Obama as being insensitive and selfish and only caring abut winning the election. While Romney, on the other hand, is paying attention to the people and sending out words of encouragement.
ReplyDeleteThings like this are frequently taken out of context all the time. Hopefully his team looks out for stuff like that more often so he doesnt shoot himself in the foot again.