It's time now for all the VCs and entrepreneurs who supported Holmes to now come out and say that this behavior is abhorrent and should not be tolerated.

But they won't.

Let's not forget TED.

She also gave speeches at Stanford..

And was a member of the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows as late as August[0], although she seems to have been removed from it since[1].

0: http://web.archive.org/web/20160821214900/https://hms.harvar...

1: https://hms.harvard.edu/about-hms/board-fellows

My understanding is that the board of fellows for Harvard Medical School is more relate to fundraising than an endorsement of the members' life achievements

Interesting catch. My guess is that they quietly suggested she drop off the board of fellows.

Our PR team developed mock answers that they would recommend to clients.

Our team has been using the Google Hangouts integration for months and it's worked flawlessly.

Hangouts has a maximum number of participants. For large phone conferences it's not usable.

Yes, thanks for comment. I fixed it, four years vesting. (This is why I should get pieced proofread before I post.)

Thx. You too!

Haha, so I did. It may or may not be a screening mechanism.

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You're right. In my research I've talked to dozens of reporters and they all told me they are less likely to right about a competitive product soon after the original piece. Reporters gets dozens of "me too" pitches after every article they publish.

Co-founder of PressFriendly here.

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Not much you can do. Just make note of it and don't offer to pre-brief them in the future.