http://theunspunblog.com/2006/12/15/what-400-richest-indonesians-list/ Management, communications, persuasion Fri, 25 May 2012 04:45:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://theunspunblog.com/2006/12/15/what-400-richest-indonesians-list/#comment-4119 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:42:04 +0000 http://unspun.wordpress.com/2006/12/15/what-400-richest-indonesians-list/#comment-4119 [...] Update 18 December 2006: Readers looking at this post might want to check out Unspun’s posting on Globe Asia’s purported list of 400 richest Indonesians.  Forbest Indonesia essentially went pear shaped and transformed itself into Globe Asia, thanks to the advice of a PR hack who has not been thanked by the Globe Asia team till this day.  [...]

]]> http://theunspunblog.com/2006/12/15/what-400-richest-indonesians-list/#comment-3995 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 05:53:30 +0000 http://unspun.wordpress.com/2006/12/15/what-400-richest-indonesians-list/#comment-3995 I’ve likewise heard confirmation that the “400 Richest Indonesians” list promised in the Globe Asia ad is pure fiction. I was cautious about Unspun’s rather uncharitable earlier remarks about Globe Asia, but this fake list stunt really reeks of cycnicism of the lowest order. It also suggests that they have contempt for the readership that that they are purportedly trying to attract by thinking that they’d be stupid to notice that the promised list was not forthcoming, or would swallow the lie – and really, that’s what it amounts to, a bare-faced lie – and buy it anyway. I hope that potential readers prove them wrong.

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