by Gordon Hensley | Jul 28, 2017 | advocacy, Business, lobbying, Television, Trump
While much of the conversation and news coverage over the past several months has been usurped by health reform and the daily drama within the Trump White House, the clear escalation of the Beltway media war between Saudi Arabia and Qatar is shaping up as a...
by Gordon Hensley | Mar 10, 2017 | advocacy, GOP Politics, health care, Health Reform, Media Relations, Television, Trump
One of the more interesting sidebar PR discussions regarding House Speaker Paul Ryan’s media event yesterday detailing his “three-pronged approach” to repealing and replacing Obamacare was the format itself. A PowerPoint? skeptics asked. Ross Perot...
by Gordon Hensley | Mar 7, 2017 | advocacy, CMS, health care, Health Reform, Media Relations, Television, Trump
During any Washington press briefing — after the political figure delivers his or her canned opening statement — that moment of truth arrives during an aggressive reporter Q and A session when success or failure becomes apparent. HHS Secretary Tom Price...
by Gordon Hensley | Feb 21, 2017 | Campaign 2016, GOP Politics, Journalism Standards, Media Relations, Television, Trump
The last thing I wanted to write and think about over this past long weekend is Donald Trump — I do enough of that the rest of the week. The fact my recent posts are “Trump heavy” reflects the fact that here in DC he’s all anyone talks about...
by Gordon Hensley | Feb 12, 2017 | advocacy, Business, GOP Politics, Journalism Standards, Media Relations, Television, Trump
Of the myriad observations one can make about President Donald Trump’s understanding of media and making news, perhaps the most pertinent is that he’s an extraordinarily quick study. Throughout the GOP primary and general election campaign, he maneuvered...
by Gordon Hensley | Sep 23, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Television, Trump
“Temperament”…. for months, it’s been THE central focus of the collective Clinton forces’ massive negative campaign effort against Donald Trump. And why not? Trump has handed Clinton, her supporters, his many enemies in the media and...