As anyone who follows politics knows the two have been debating each other for years, even though most of the time the current president attacked the former president without using his name.

There is no sporting entity that comes close to the International Olympic Committee for being a political-driven entity.

While I believe that the Olympics is the most important of all sporting events, I do not believe it promotes a more peaceful world or brings together the best athletes on our planet.

Sponsors of the Paris Summer Olympic Games will soon begin promoting their connection to the games. Some brands will claim that they are Olympic sponsors because they support the U.S. athletes.

Nevertheless, the phrase “humanitarian crisis” is missing from the media commentary regarding the war, during which Russia is systematically destroying Ukraine piece-by-piece.

For those who make a living in the sports business it’s anything goes as long as it keeps cash registers going cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching.

Would a pitcher out fox a batter by throwing a curve ball when the hitter was expecting a fast ball?

The Academy Awards are the annual self-congratulatory back-slapping, hypocritical event of the motion picture industry that requires losers to appear happy for the winners.

That’s why many commercials, in print pubs, radio and television, contain what many media observers call the “hard sell,” meaning they contain message points.

To followers of the political news, Groundhog Day is every day, because if a person decided to abstain from watching cable political news for a week and then resumed watching the program of choice, it would seem as if they hadn’t taken the hiatus.

Are you prepared for next year’s Super Bowl on Feb. 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, home of the New Orleans Saints.?

And yes, the teams competing for the NFL's self-imposed title of world champions, when in reality it should be the title for American style football played between the borders of Mexico and Canada, will be the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.

Even though some marketing experts feel that the investment in a Super Bowl ad does not justify the cost, CBS reported in early November that ad inventory was virtually sold out for this year’s game on Feb, 11.

If journalists and PR people were part of an orchestra, PR people would. play second fiddle to journalists: We need them. They don’t need us.

The year 2023 is history. But I can assure you that the year 2024 will provide many PR lessons from headlines from happenings that have nothing to do with our business but nevertheless can apply to it. 

“In this world of uncertainty, one thing is constant: With scant exception, the news delivered by cable broadcast channels will either be incomplete, misleading, prejudicial or outright lies.”

Arthur Solomon’s sure-to-happen public relations occurrences for 2024, and if they don’t occur he’ll do what higher-ups at agencies are certain to do: Put the blame on someone else.

Promotion of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris by NBCUniversal, which will televise the games in the U.S, is become more frequent and the barrage of PR and advertising programs of game sponsors are not that far away.

The Federal Trade Commission is putting hundreds of advertisers on notice that they should avoid deceiving consumers with advertisements that make product claims that cannot be backed up or substantiated.

This is a depressing column. And I blame the New York Times for putting me in a disheartened state.