the agency reviewJan 22
We explore what #NickCohen means by #honestadvertising, why it failed in the 1990s, and why it’s an even MORE important idea today, in our review of #Honest, his book about #MadDogsAndEnglishmen: https://the-agency-review.com/honest-nick-cohen #advertising #marketing
The Agency ReviewJan 22
We explore what #NickCohen means by #honestadvertising, why it failed in the 1990s, and why it’s an even MORE important idea today, in our review of #Honest, his book about #MadDogsAndEnglishmen: https://the-agency-review.com/honest-nick-cohen #advertising #marketing
the agency reviewSep 12, 2025
We explore what #NickCohen means by #honestadvertising, why it failed in the 1990s, and why it’s an even MORE important idea today, in our review of #Honest, his book about #MadDogsAndEnglishmen: https://the-agency-review.com/honest-nick-cohen #advertising #marketing
The Agency ReviewSep 12, 2025
We explore what #NickCohen means by #honestadvertising, why it failed in the 1990s, and why it’s an even MORE important idea today, in our review of #Honest, his book about #MadDogsAndEnglishmen: https://the-agency-review.com/honest-nick-cohen #advertising #marketing
Wisdom in SpaceJun 24, 2025

Compulsive liars shouldn't frighten you. They can harm no one if no one listens to them. Compulsive believers on the other hand -- they should terrify you. Believers are the liars' enablers.
-- Nick Cohen

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #NickCohen #Lies #Truth

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Triathlon #Runners #StPetersburg #Florida

The Agency ReviewMar 12, 2025

We explore what #NickCohen means by #honestadvertising, why it failed in the 1990s, and why it’s an even MORE important idea today, in our review of #Honest, his book about #MadDogsAndEnglishmen:

https://the-agency-review.com/honest-nick-cohen

#advertising #marketing

Honest! A True Story of A Ridiculous Attempt to Make Advertising More Truthful

Our friend Tom Lynch managed several agencies and developed a few rules about them in the process, and his second rule was that mediocrity endures. This is annoying for any number of reasons, not t…

The Agency Review
Wisdom in SpaceDec 2, 2024

Compulsive liars shouldn't frighten you. The can harm no one if no one listens to them. Compulsive believers on the other hand -- they should terrify you. Believers are the liars' enablers.
-- Nick Cohen

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #NickCohen #Lies #Truth

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Guangxi #China #LiRiver #LiJiang #TowerKarst #Geology

SJ says Bo LuxOct 18, 2024
The tory activists who promote men like Jenrick are the people to fear. 'The men and women who want them to be hypocrites, who demand that they are hypocrites, have the real power, and they know it.'
Nick Cohen, spot on as usual.
#substack #nickcohen #toryleadership
https://open.substack.com/pub/nickcohen/p/robert-jenrick-jd-vance-and-the-bull?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=17jdaa
Robert Jenrick, J.D. Vance and the bull market for bullshitters

It’s not liars you should be frightened of, it’s the people who want to be lied to

Writing from London
Eric GrilJun 12, 2023

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/30/the-guardian-metoo-cover-up-nick-cohen-the-observer/

#Guardian 'covered up' columnist's #MeToo row
Former employees claim little was done by the newspaper after repeat complaints about #NickCohen’s behaviour

Guardian 'covered up' columnist's MeToo row

Former employees claim little was done by the newspaper after repeat complaints about Nick Cohen’s behaviour

The Telegraph
Show threadCory DoctorowJun 10, 2023

Every press outlet has its blind spots and biases, and press competition can really sharpen a media outlet. For example, editors from across the chummy UK press spiked stories detailing the sexual predation of a veteran reporter, #NickCohen. It took the *NYTimes* to break the story:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/world/europe/financial-times-nick-cohen-guardian.html

Perhaps the *#NewYorkPost* will keep the *Times* honest, but what about other American cities where news coverage has dwindled to one or fewer outlets.

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Why Did The Financial Times Kill a #MeToo Scoop on the Observer Columnist Nick Cohen?

Seven women say that a star columnist groped them or made unwanted sexual advances. But Britain’s news media has a complicated relationship with outing its own.

The New York Times