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Posts on ‘October 12th, 2006’

Using the Web to Make a Case

Floyd Landis, who won the Tour de France bicycle marathon, was charged with doping violations. He’s put up his defense on floydlandis.com, replete with documentation and detail. This is an excellent example of how to use the Web to amplify one’s own case in a complex situation. News coverage of the case has been, by […]

Another Tale of Incomplete Transparency

UPDATED Business Week: Wal-Mart’s Jim and Laura: The Real Story. So are Laura and Jim real people? Or part of an elaborate publicity stunt? It turns out they are for real. However, their story, told in full, with certain financial payments disclosed, does not reflect as well on Wal-Mart as perhaps the company would like. […]