The Reputation-Laundering Firm That Ruined Its Own Reputation
Jun 18, 2018 · Gupta requested Bell Pottinger’s help in launching a P.R. campaign to highlight economic inequality in South Africa. The goal was to persuade South Africans of color that they were far...
How Bell Pottinger, P.R. Firm for Despots and Rogues, Met Its …
Feb 4, 2018 · By the following year, Bell Pottinger was embroiled in a national maelstrom. In TV reports, editorials and public rallies, it stood accused of setting off racial tensions through a furtive...
Bell Pottinger Disgraced in South Africa Race Scandal | TIME
Sep 5, 2017 · Irked South Africans now blame Bell Pottinger for orchestrating a campaign where hundreds of fake Twitter accounts posted racial messages against opponents of the Guptas, including white...
Bell Pottinger collapses after South African scandal
Sep 12, 2017 · Bell Pottinger was ejected from the UK's industry body last week for a PR campaign that emphasised the power of white-owned businesses in South Africa. A string of clients, including HSBC,...
Bell Pottinger collapses after South African scandal - BBC
Sep 12, 2017 · Bell Pottinger was ejected from the UK's industry body last week for a PR campaign that emphasised the power of white-owned businesses in South Africa. A string of clients, including HSBC,...
Bell Pottinger expelled from trade body for South African campaign …
Sep 4, 2017 · Bell Pottinger has been expelled from the UK public relations trade body for its work on a controversial contract in South Africa. It is the first time that the Public Relations and...
Bell Pottinger "incited racial hatred" in South Africa - TBIJ
Sep 5, 2017 · Bell Pottinger was employed by Oakbay Capital, a firm owned by the wealthy Gupta family in South Africa to help President Zuma’s campaign. The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) report found that Bell …
PR firm Bell Pottinger failed in 'race hate' campaign - BBC
Sep 4, 2017 · South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance had accused Bell Pottinger of a "hateful and divisive campaign". It was run for Oakbay, a firm owned by the wealthy Gupta family.
Bell Pottinger, British P.R. Firm for Questionable Clients, Collapses
Sep 12, 2017 · When the South African track star Oscar Pistorius stood trial for the brutal killing of his girlfriend, he hired Bell Pottinger, an aggressive British public relations firm, to try to smooth...
Timeline of a crisis: The fall of Bell Pottinger | PR Week
A cautionary tale about how one of the U.K.'s best-known PR firms caused its own destruction through an ill-advised campaign that stoked racial division in South Africa by Sean Czarnecki