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'''Eric B. Dezenhall'''<ref name="dezbooksbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.dezbooks.net/about.htm |title=About Eric |accessdate=2007-01-30 |year=2006 |publisher=Eric Dezenhall}}</ref> (born [[September 9]], [[1962]]<ref>Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002</ref> in [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden, New Jersey, USA]]<ref name="dezbooksbio" />) is a damage control consultant<ref name="dezbooksbio" /> and crime fiction author<ref name="dezbooksbooks">{{cite web|url=http://www.dezbooks.net/books.htm |title=The Books |accessdate=2007-01-30 |year=2006 |publisher=Eric Dezenhall}}</ref>. Dezenhall is the founder and CEO<ref name="javers2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/06_16/b3980101.htm?campaign_id=nws_insdr_apr7&link_position=link3 |title="The Pit Bull Of Public Relations" |accessdate=2007-01-30 |last=Javers |first=Eamon |date=2006-04-17 |work=BusinessWeek online |publisher=McGraw-Hill}}</ref> of [[public relations]] firm [[Dezenhall Resources]], which represents clients facing "crisis, conflict, and controversy."<ref>http://www.dezenhall.com/about.htm</ref> Prominent clients of Dezenhall include [[Exxon Mobile]] and [[CFSA]], a group of payday lenders.
'''Eric B. Dezenhall'''<ref name="dezbooksbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.dezbooks.net/about.htm |title=About Eric |accessdate=2007-01-30 |year=2006 |publisher=Eric Dezenhall}}</ref> (born [[September 9]], [[1962]]<ref>Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002</ref> in [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden, New Jersey, USA]]<ref name="dezbooksbio" />) is a damage control consultant<ref name="dezbooksbio" /> and crime fiction author<ref name="dezbooksbooks">{{cite web|url=http://www.dezbooks.net/books.htm |title=The Books |accessdate=2007-01-30 |year=2006 |publisher=Eric Dezenhall}}</ref>. Dezenhall is the founder and CEO<ref name="javers2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/06_16/b3980101.htm?campaign_id=nws_insdr_apr7&link_position=link3 |title="The Pit Bull Of Public Relations" |accessdate=2007-01-30 |last=Javers |first=Eamon |date=2006-04-17 |work=BusinessWeek online |publisher=McGraw-Hill}}</ref> of [[public relations]] firm [[Dezenhall Resources]], which represents clients facing "crisis, conflict, and controversy."<ref>http://www.dezenhall.com/about.htm</ref> Prominent clients of Dezenhall include [[Exxon Mobile]] and [[CFSA]], a group of payday lenders.<ref>http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_16/b3980101.htm?campaign_id=nws_insdr_apr7&link_position=link3
</ref><ref>http://thehill.com/business--lobby/consumer-groups-team-with-pentagon-on-interest-rate-caps-2006-09-06.html</ref>

==Education==
==Education==
He studied [[news media]] and [[political science]] at [[Dartmouth College]].<ref name="dezbooksbio" />
He studied [[news media]] and [[political science]] at [[Dartmouth College]].<ref name="dezbooksbio" />

Revision as of 00:47, 8 December 2007

Eric B. Dezenhall[1] (born September 9, 1962[2] in Camden, New Jersey, USA[1]) is a damage control consultant[1] and crime fiction author[3]. Dezenhall is the founder and CEO[4] of public relations firm Dezenhall Resources, which represents clients facing "crisis, conflict, and controversy."[5] Prominent clients of Dezenhall include Exxon Mobile and CFSA, a group of payday lenders.[6][7]

Education

He studied news media and political science at Dartmouth College.[1]

Work

Dezenhall worked in president Ronald Reagan's White House communications office.[4]

He wrote about mobster Meyer Lansky in the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, The Baltimore Sun, The New Republic, and Ethical Corporation. His book Nail 'em, Confronting High-Profile Attacks on Celebrities and Business deals with public relation damage control.[8]

His novels include Turnpike Flameout, Shakedown Beach, Money Wanders, Jackie Disaster,[3] and Spinning Dixie[9].

Dezenhall's clients include ExxonMobil/Public Interest Watch against Greenpeace, Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling/O'Melveny & Myers, Michael Jackson/Mark Geragos, Eli Lilly and Company, and Motel 6/Accor.[4]

He has been contracted by the Association of American Publishers to run an up to half million dollar campaign against the open access movement.[10] In a series of emails that were leaked to the journal Nature, Dezenhall concedes that "it's hard to fight an adversary that manages to be both elusive and in possession of a better message: Free information," and suggests joining forces with think tanks like the American Enterprise Institute and National Consumers League in an attempt to persuade key players of the potential risks of unfiltered access. "Paint a picture of what the world would look like without peer-reviewed articles," he added.[11]

Quotes

  • "You have to look at the origins of the term 'damage control... In the Navy, when your ship got hit by a torpedo, your objective was to live, not to get the ship back to where it was pre-torpedo. That's the great myth of crisis management."[12]
  • "The American public is far more offended by inconsistency than by naughty behavior."[12]

Controversy

Kevin McCauley from O'Dwyer's PR Report has called Dezenhall a "the pit bull of public relations", and journalist Bill Moyers said "I consider [Dezenhall Resources] the Mafia of industry." regarding a documentary about the chemicals industry.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "About Eric". Eric Dezenhall. 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
  2. ^ Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002
  3. ^ a b "The Books". Eric Dezenhall. 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
  4. ^ a b c d Javers, Eamon (2006-04-17). ""The Pit Bull Of Public Relations"". BusinessWeek online. McGraw-Hill. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
  5. ^ http://www.dezenhall.com/about.htm
  6. ^ http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_16/b3980101.htm?campaign_id=nws_insdr_apr7&link_position=link3
  7. ^ http://thehill.com/business--lobby/consumer-groups-team-with-pentagon-on-interest-rate-caps-2006-09-06.html
  8. ^ "Eric Dezenhall biography". Dezenhall Resources. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
  9. ^ "Spinning Dixie (2007)". Eric Dezenhall. 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  10. ^ Giles, Jim (2007-01-25). "PR's 'pit bull' takes on open access. Journal publishers lock horns with free-information movement". news @ nature.com. Nature Publishing Group. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
  11. ^ David Biello (26 January 2007). "Open Access to Science Under Attack". Scientific American. Retrieved 2007-02-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ a b Scott Galupo (25 March 2005). "Reputation repairmen". Washington Times. Retrieved 2007-02-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

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