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CNN, fund-raiser controversy lingers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Controversy continues to lift and separate behind the scenes of the upcoming Keep a Breast Foundation and Susan G. Komen for the Cure benefit to be held this fall at LUXE Atlanta boutique downtown.
For starters, CNN public relations reps remain unhappy with Buzz for our “misrepresentations” of CNN anchor’s Nicole Lapin’s “role or lack there of” with the unique fund-raiser that will auction off artistically rendered plaster busts of prominent Atlanta media women’s, well, busts.
New York-based CNN public relations senior vice-president Christa Robinson sent us a series of e-mails Thursday to say in part that Lapin “should not have been mentioned at all in association with this event… My understanding is that she never agreed to participate.”
However, after surveying a series of Lapin’s e-mails sent to a fund-raiser rep, it’s possible to see how organizers were confused. In e-mails sent in July, Lapin initially expressed interest in covering the event and even entertained the idea of being casted for a possible story. In August, those plans were ultimately scrapped when scheduling conflicts arose.
Lapin was not in attendance at a casting session held last week.
Meanwhile, radio participants, including 99X’s Leslie Fram, DAVE FM’s Mara Davis and Q100’s Jessica Dauler continue to support their involvement in the cause. Fram devoted a segment of 99X’s morning show to it Thursday while Davis has blogged about her experience and Dauler was featured in WXIA-TV anchor Karyn Greer’s televised and online report from the casting session.
If you have a tip, call 404-526-2749. Or fax 404-526-5509. Or e-mail: buzz@ajc.com.
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