Slog - Comments on The Rise of the High-Tech Preemptive Media Strike http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_rise_of_the_hightech_preemptive_medi I'm fascinated by this new public relations strategy, in which the subject of a potentially negative investigative story uses technology to try to torpedo the story-in-progress (and, in doing so, tries to get his or her own version of things out to the public first). We saw an example of this here in Seattle earlier this year, when one of the people behind Real Change used his blog to launch a preemptive strike against a Seattle Weekly story-in-progress. Today finds Scientologists using the same kind of techno-guerrilla tactics against the BBC. Faced with potentially negative press from an upcoming BBC... Copyright 2008 Mon, 14 May 2007 13:20:46 -0800 Mon, 14 May 2007 15:44:28 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by monkey And now I REALLY want to see the original documentary.

Scientologists = freaks

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_rise_of_the_hightech_preemptive_medi#c716272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_rise_of_the_hightech_preemptive_medi#c716272 Media Mon, 14 May 2007 13:47:42 -0800 Comment by skweetis In the BBC's rebuttal video, it is hilarious when the scientologist says "I'm angry. Real angry." with the gayest inflection ever. I was ready for him to follow it up with "You better work, girl!" Is every scientologist a closeted mo?

]]> skweetis http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_rise_of_the_hightech_preemptive_medi#c716325 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_rise_of_the_hightech_preemptive_medi#c716325 Media Mon, 14 May 2007 14:36:55 -0800 Comment by Joseph Hovsep I don't know... I'm no fan of Scientologists or mainstream religions for that matter, but I think the BBC dude looks like the insane one here.

]]> Joseph Hovsep http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_rise_of_the_hightech_preemptive_medi#c716388 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_rise_of_the_hightech_preemptive_medi#c716388 Media Mon, 14 May 2007 15:44:28 -0800