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  <title>Episode 152: The growing problem of "no comment" and how it lets others shape public opinion</title>
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  <title>Episode 150: Does AI visibility provide PR with third-party validation?</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Voice interfaces are normalizing AI as an arbiter of truth in everyday conversations, and introducing a human behavioral change with significant implications for credibility and third-party validation</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Episode 140: 5 takes on Gartner’s new optimism for public relations in the age of artificial intelligence</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Text version of this post: &lt;a href="https://www.swordandthescript.com/2026/03/gartner-earned-media-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.swordandthescript.com/2026/03/gartner-earned-media-ai/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>Episode 133: Study quantifies the value of reputation</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Prioritizing business reputation can deliver an extra 4.78% in annual shareholder value, study finds</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;p&gt;And here's a link to the previous survey of financial analysts that see brand as a top measure of value, mentioned in this episode: &lt;a href="https://www.swordandthescript.com/2023/11/marketing-is-an-investment-not-a-cost-2/" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.swordandthescript.com/2023/11/marketing-is-an-investment-not-a-cost-2/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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<p>And here's a link to the previous survey of financial analysts that see brand as a top measure of value, mentioned in this episode: <a href="https://www.swordandthescript.com/2023/11/marketing-is-an-investment-not-a-cost-2/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.swordandthescript.com/2023/11/marketing-is-an-investment-not-a-cost-2/</a></p>]]>
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<p>And here's a link to the previous survey of financial analysts that see brand as a top measure of value, mentioned in this episode: <a href="https://www.swordandthescript.com/2023/11/marketing-is-an-investment-not-a-cost-2/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.swordandthescript.com/2023/11/marketing-is-an-investment-not-a-cost-2/</a></p>]]>
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