{"id":2526,"date":"2010-08-23T16:20:03","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T20:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2010-08-23T16:20:03","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T20:20:03","slug":"bad-corporate-policy-means-no-good-news-at-corning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2010\/08\/23\/bad-corporate-policy-means-no-good-news-at-corning\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad corporate policy means no good news at Corning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amidst the economic doldrums, there’s a good news story 11 miles<\/a> from our studios here in Canton.\u00a0 I was actually there this afternoon.\u00a0 Thing is, I can’t report to you about it on the radio.\u00a0 Here’s why.<\/p>\n

Congressman Bill Owens summoned the press to his visit at Corning Incorporated’s plant outside Canton to tout that “the plant recently rehired most of its laid-off hourly employees and announced plans to hire 20 additional workers.”\u00a0 Here’s what it looked like in my inbox:<\/p>\n

Tour of Corning Glass with Plant Manager Joe Newbert<\/p>\n

334 County Route 16<\/p>\n

Canton, NY 13617<\/p>\n

2:00 p.m. \u2013 3:00 p.m.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With other plants laying off workers and state and local governments and schools doing the same, this is really good news for St. Lawrence County.<\/p>\n

It really isn’t news.\u00a0 It’s already been reported.<\/a> But I thought it would be a good idea to give listeners an on-the-scene view of what’s bringing new business to Corning.<\/p>\n

When I arrive, plant manager Joe Newbert says I can’t go on the tour, citing a policy preventing any media from walking inside the plant.\u00a0 (Clearly this was not company policy when an entourage of media followed then-Lieutenant Governor Mary Donohue around the plant in 2001.)<\/a><\/p>\n

Not only that, Newbert wouldn’t even grant me a quick interview in the lobby.\u00a0 He said I would have to talk to a corporate communications officer in Corning, NY, hundreds of miles away.<\/p>\n

When Owens and his press officer arrived, they were caught off-guard.\u00a0 The Corning officials ushered him into a room just off the lobby labeled “visitors conference room” (or something like that).\u00a0 Clearly I wasn’t a visitor, because I wasn’t allowed entrance there, either.<\/p>\n

Owens and his press guy were very apologetic.\u00a0 But there would be no good news this day, for Corning, or for the Owens campaign trying to win over voters concerned over the economy.\u00a0 I left.<\/p>\n

The reason I’m sharing this with you is two-fold.\u00a0 First, political campaigning is a delicate dance of logistics.\u00a0 And it’s not pretty when a campaigner and her\/his host get their signals crossed.\u00a0 A slightly similar thing happened a few weeks ago when I was invited to see Doug Hoffman campaigning, only to find very little going on<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And second, corporate communications have really reached a kafka-esque low when a plant manager isn’t allowed to comment about good news at his own plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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