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| <small>Place</small> || Chicago, [[:Category:Psyops in Illinois|Illinois]] | | <small>Place</small> || Chicago, [[:Category:Psyops in Illinois|Illinois]] | ||
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| <small>[[Perp]]</small> || [[James Lewis]] | | <small>[[Perp]]</small> || [[James Lewis]] | ||
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In September 1982 <ref name=PbsTyl >[https://web.archive.org/web/20180209222604/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fnewshour%2Fhealth%2Ftylenol-murders-1982 PBS News Hour: How the Tylenol murders of 1982 changed the way we consume medication, Sep 29, 2014]</ref> | In September 1982,<ref name=PbsTyl>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180209222604/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fnewshour%2Fhealth%2Ftylenol-murders-1982 PBS News Hour: How the Tylenol murders of 1982 changed the way we consume medication, Sep 29, 2014]</ref> seven people in Illinois '''died''' after taking potassium cyanide-laced '''Tylenol''' capsules. '''Johnson & Johnson'''’s CCO Larry Foster and advisor Harold Burson counseled CEO James Burke through the crisis. Working with the police, FDA and media, they issued a nationwide recall, delivered warnings and created new tamper-proof packaging. Johnson & Johnson’s handling of the tragedy set a standard and remains a model for effective crisis response and corporate responsibility<ref name=PRMuseumTyl>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180209222322/http://www.prmuseum.org/pr-timeline/# PR Museum: Age of Digital Media, 1982, Crisis Communication]</ref>. | ||
== Clues == | == Clues == | ||
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[[Category:1982 psyops]] | [[Category:1982 psyops]] | ||
[[Category:09/29 psyops]] | [[Category:09/29 psyops]] | ||
[[Category:Social scare psyops]] | [[Category:Social scare psyops]] | ||
[[Category:Poisoning | [[Category:Poisoning psyops]] | ||
[[Category:Black marketing psyops]] | [[Category:Black marketing psyops]] | ||
[[Category:Money scam psyops]] | [[Category:Money scam psyops]] | ||
[[Category:9 numerology]] | [[Category:9 numerology]] | ||
[[Category:11 numerology]] | [[Category:11 numerology]] | ||
[[Category:Psyops in Illinois]] | |||
Revision as of 18:57, 9 February 2018
| Tylenol murders | |
| picture | |
| Type 1 | poisoning, black marketing |
| Type 2 | social scare, fear |
| Year | 1982 |
| Date | 09/29 |
| Place | Chicago, Illinois |
| Numbers | 9, 11 |
| Perp | James Lewis |
| Linked to | |
| • media | • Public relations |
| Information | |
| Fakeologist | [ab 1] |
| Hoaxbusters | [HB 1] |
| Cluesforum | [CF 1] |
In September 1982,[1] seven people in Illinois died after taking potassium cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules. Johnson & Johnson’s CCO Larry Foster and advisor Harold Burson counseled CEO James Burke through the crisis. Working with the police, FDA and media, they issued a nationwide recall, delivered warnings and created new tamper-proof packaging. Johnson & Johnson’s handling of the tragedy set a standard and remains a model for effective crisis response and corporate responsibility[2].
Clues
- The story shows a cooperation between state and market institutions which is in these dimensions new.
- The story runs in the media as medical mystery[3].
- The reporting does not show much interest for the alleged victims of the poisoning.
- The reporting shows much more interest in the crisis management that the Coorporation Johnson & Johnson performed together with police, Federal Drug Administration and media.
- The story went down in PR curricula as model for crisis communication and is till today presented as that.
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