Comments on: Ohio’s State Data-Theft Update, Including State Contact Info (PLUS: AP’s Unsolicited Damage Control and Dispatch Whitewash) http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/25/ohios-state-data-theft-update-including-state-contact-info-plus-ap-provides-unsolicited-damage-control/ The Business End of the Blogosphere Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:25:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Joe C http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/25/ohios-state-data-theft-update-including-state-contact-info-plus-ap-provides-unsolicited-damage-control/#comment-115582 Joe C Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:21:51 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/06/25/ohios-state-data-theft-update-including-state-contact-info-plus-ap-provides-unsolicited-damage-control/#comment-115582 What I like is the complete disconnect between the above-the-fold, front page headline: Governor praised for theft response (http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/06/24/tedreact.ART_ART_06-24-07_A1_GV73OFQ.html) and the actual article. All the irrelevant fluff is on the front page, and the actual criticism (i.e. truth) is buried on the bump page. For example: “the governor made the crisis more difficult for himself by ‘under-reporting’ and ‘over-reassuring’ the public. Strickland told the press and public on June 15, the day the theft was announced, that officials were confident the stolen tape contained only the names and Social Security numbers of state workers. “Less than 12 hours later, the administration had to concede that more-sensitive data was on the tape. “The news got worse as last week wore on, including revelations that the personal data of about 225,000 Ohioans who have not cashed state tax-refund checks are on the stolen tape.” Describing this as a “crisis” and shows Strickland’s “crisis management skills” is a bit overthe top; but I suspect nothing less from Strickland’s poodles, Hallett and Niquette, and The Disgrace. What I like is the complete disconnect between the above-the-fold, front page headline: Governor praised for theft response (http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/06/24/tedreact.ART_ART_06-24-07_A1_GV73OFQ.html)
and the actual article. All the irrelevant fluff is on the front page, and the actual criticism (i.e. truth) is buried on the bump page. For example: “the governor made the crisis more difficult for himself by ‘under-reporting’ and ‘over-reassuring’ the public. Strickland told the press and public on June 15, the day the theft was announced, that officials were confident the stolen tape contained only the names and Social Security numbers of state workers.

“Less than 12 hours later, the administration had to concede that more-sensitive data was on the tape.

“The news got worse as last week wore on, including revelations that the personal data of about 225,000 Ohioans who have not cashed state tax-refund checks are on the stolen tape.”

Describing this as a “crisis” and shows Strickland’s “crisis management skills” is a bit overthe top; but I suspect nothing less from Strickland’s poodles, Hallett and Niquette, and The Disgrace.

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