BusinessWeek shout-out
Thanks to BusinessWeek for sharing KIND’s success and momentum getting into Starbucks.
KIND Fruit & Nut Bars and KIND PLUS Now at Starbucks - NYTimes Story
We are very excited that KIND is now available at over 7,000 Starbucks stores! KIND fits perfectly with Starbucks’ new focus on "Real Foods, Simply Delicious!"
The New York Times just ran a story about KIND and our efforts to break into Starbucks.
KIND on Good Morning America: Healthy Summer Snacks
KIND got a nice endorsement by Good Morning America. Check this link out. Heidi Skolnik rocks! KIND is mentioned mid-way through the review. Some of their comments:
Tanya Rivero, Good Morning America Health: "I love these KIND bars. I am a big fan of these. These are delicious, and they are very nutritious."
Heidi Skolnik, nutritionist: "the more I learn about the company, the more I even them."…"so unprocessed", "whole good foods together even though it is a snack bar"…
Turning Point in Iran
Andrew Sullivan’s blog documents the atrocities perpetrated by the ruling regime in its efforts to suppress protests after it stole the election.
He shares the following:
This list was being passed around among the resistance in Iran today:
1. Remove Khamenei from supreme leader because he doesn’t qualify as a fair supreme leader
2. Remove Ahmadinejad from president because he took it forcefully and unlawfully
3. Put Ayatollah Montazeri as supreme leader until a review group for the ghanooneh asasi ( "constitution" ) is set up
4. Recognize Mousavi as the official president
5. A goverment by Mousavi and start a reform of the constitution
6. Free all political prisoners without any ifs ands or buts, right away
7. Call off any secret organization such as "gasht ershad"
And compiles dozens of videos such as this:
This is the beginning of the end of this regime.
KIND in Days of Our Lives
From Phil in KIND’s communication dept:
All,
Fans of the popular, long-running soap opera “Days of Our Lives” may have noticed a special cameo on Monday, June 1st! When Brady and Melanie found themselves trapped in the Kiriakis family mausoleum, things suddenly turned around for Melanie when she found a KIND Almond & Apricot Bar she had in her purse.
Just goes to show – carrying a KIND Bar can save the day, whether you find yourself trapped in a mausoleum or just craving a delicious and healthy on-the-go snack! Please enjoy and feel free to distribute the link below.
http://www.kindsnacks.com/media-center/2009/06/kind-cameos-on-days-of-our-lives/
Best, Phil
Imagine 2018 - 2 First Short Films
For those who can understand Hebrew - and for those who will get a kick out of just seeing the b-roll - here is a link to a story that appeared on Channel 2 in Israel, in their top news program, about OneVoice’s project Imagine 2018 - and the first two short films that were created by leading directors from essays from young kids visualizing what their world will look like in the year 2018.
דני דה ויטו ואקי אבני יעשו לנו שלום?
בארגון ONE VOICE בטוחים – יהיה שלום במזרח התיכון. השאלה רק איך הוא ייראה, בעוד עשר שנים נניח. אז איך זה קשור לדני דה ויטו ואקי אבני?
אורן אהרוני | המהדורה המרכזית, חדשות 2
The Dwindling Fate of Christianity in the Middle East
Ethan Bronner of the New York Times wrote an interesting - and sobering - article about the dwindling numbers of Christians in the Middle East.
Quantity is not Quality when it comes to pundits and news media
The New York Times ran a story a couple days ago about how CNN is losing market share to MSNBC and to FOX, primarily on prime time, explaining that coverage tilted to extremes on the right (FOX) and left (MSNBC) has captured more ratings than moderate balanced coverage.
It is a real and serious challenge that moderation and balance tends to incite less excitement. Partisan coverage can capture passions and appeal to core audiences. I have written about this challenge before, studying how people are programmed for "affirmation" instead of "information - and how lack of critical unbiased thinking is a challenge for society; analyzing FOX coverage of Obama; and exploring how the internet could redress this. Indeed, that is part of why OneVoice’s work is necessary.
But in CNN’s case, the problem seems to be a far simpler one: their prime-time programming and formatting suck! (sorry, I tried first to use "are terrible" instead of "suck", but it didn’t ring as true)
It is incredible that nobody in management at Time Warner has figured out how pathetic their coverage is. They keep introducing more bells and whistles, with interactive screens and charts, and literally DOZENS of people in the newsroom, as if they will command authority and respect by just filling tables with more talking heads.
But there is the problem: other than some excellent commentary from seasoned experts like David Gergen, the vast majority of commentators have no idea what they are saying or doing, or even if a couple others are good, they just dilute one another in such ridiculous formats.
During election night coverage, you could argue that their Board of Directors table format was authoritative. "Hey, let’s watch CNN because they have more ‘experts’", you could imagine people thinking.
But the next day after elections, I tuned to CNN and, alas, it was like a hangover brunch. All these unknown and uninteresting commentators were hanging around to express their opinions in communal commentary formats. Oh, and CNN also felt compelled to share with us comments on every issue from average people, plus unscientific interactive meaningless "polls." Is that really what people looking for "news" want?
Ok, I guess you could understand the 20 commentators the day after the election - or even the week after the election - because a historic election had just taken place. But what is the logic of keeping this party format 4 months later? What is the "event" that warrants having the grandmother of the producer’s cousin’s brother sitting alongside all these other pundits to share their two cents on every issue?
All CNN needs is a compelling anchor that can probe into issues with sincerity of purpose. In the meantime, there is NO news program I know of that provides balanced, interesting, deep, consistent coverage.
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Incidentally, the New York Times suffers in analogous ways. Their editorials are either patronizing or fixated on rehashing the obvious. They lack innovation, personality, persuasiveness and pizzazz: a good editorial should have at least two of those elements. I may disagree with the Wall Street Journal editorials more often, but they have more personality and are better constructed. Is it that hard to write compelling and fresh arguments?
OneVoice Poll Results Gather Enormous Media Coverage
Several hundred media outlets across the world covered the OneVoice poll and related town hall meetings. Here are just two samples:
- The Guardian: Most Palestinians and israelis willing to accept two-state solution, poll finds
- Jerusalem Post: Poll: 80% of both peoples want 2 states
Never Underestimate another human being.
Check this out for confirmation of the human potential of the most unassuming:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
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