Titanic gr8 fun 2nite — fab view of an iceberg!
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN PUBLIC RELATIONS TWEETS (PART 1)
April 15, 1912: From the Twitter feed of J. Bruce Ismay, MD of White Star Line ‘Thrilled to have given passengers the opportunity to see a real-life iceberg right up close. Titanic abuzz with excitement!’ ‘Great swimming opps now open to all passengers.’ ‘That was a cruise I’ ll never forget!’ ‘Despite odd debut blip, most Titanic passengers either “delighted” or “highly delighted” by Atlantic voyage, new poll confirms.’
February 25, 2015: From the Twitter feed of Madonna’s press office ‘ Congratulations t o Madonna for pulling off literally bril l i ant s t age f al l . Perfectly choreographed! Once again, hours of rehearsal pay off.’
October 25, 1854: From the Twitter feed of Lord Raglan ‘Greatly looking forward to trouncing the Russian artillery at Balaclava today .’ ‘Light Brigade ready to charge, perfectly placed, much excitement.’ ‘Light Brigade charging. OMG. Feels good to be out of our comfort zone.’ ‘Tremendous run! Amazing success! Complete gamechanger! Lots still alive!’
May 3, 2015: From the Twitter feed of the Rt Hon Ed Miliband ‘Our large stone two-tonne tablet, unveiled today, will stand as a lasting reminder of the pledges that brought our next government to power. Cheers!’
August 8, 1974: From the Twitter feed of Pollsters for President Richard M. Nixon ‘Polls show 100% American people “satisfied” or “highly delighted” by Nixon presidency.’ * ‘100% regard Watergate as “storm in a teacup”.’ * ‘ President Must Stay — 100% Nationwide Agreement.’ * * Polling sample of one.
April 23, 1945: From the Twitter feed of Joseph Goebbels ‘Ignore carping critics. Situation never better. Victory assured. Big thanks to all for a wonderful few years. Love ya!’ April 24, 1945: ‘Fuhrerbunker proves perfect venue for well- deserved R&R. Perfect place to unwind. Highly recommended.’ April 25, 1945: ‘Fuhrer never better, chilling. LOL .’ April 26, 1945: ‘War going brilliantly. All in full agreement that Berlin is still 100% standing.’ April 30, 1945: ‘ Disappointing result, admittedly, but best of luck for the future nonetheless. Down but not out. JG xx.’
January 10, 1985: From the Twitter feed of the Sinclair C5 Press Office ‘Great launch of superb Sinclair C5 vehicle. Maximum s peed of 15mph surprisingly f ast, esp when compared to hopping or walking backwards.’ ‘Great news! Rain on face when out driving C5 “excellent for complexion”, says skin expert.’
July 18, 1969: From the Twitter feed of Senator Ted Kennedy ‘ Lovely refreshing late-night dip in sea at Chappaquiddick 2nite. Absolutely no memory of anything else of interest happening .’
May 24, 2003: From the Twitter feed of UK Eurovision Management ‘SO LOOkING forward to watching brilliant Uk entry Je mini wow the Eurovision judges singing smashhit rocker Cry Baby tonight!’ ‘ Terrific performance. WOW! Jemini gave it 110%. Yes, they smashed it!’ ‘Nul points brilliant score. Congrats all round. Totally puts Jemini inline to beUk CULT GROUP of 2003.’
December 25, 1989: From the Twitter feed of President Nicolae Ceausescu ‘Great big thank you to all our super-duper guards for their TLC.’ ‘Elena and I are over the moon at all the media attention. Shows you really care! Love Ya Lots! BFN.’
January 23, 2016: From the Twitter feed of Google Press Office ‘Google today generously agreed to pay humongous amount of £130m to Uk tax authorities. Greeted by one and all as wildly decent and wholly unnecessary.’ ‘This draw saline under tax controversy. At last, an end to all that criticism!’ ‘Google now easily most popular philanthropists in Uk .’