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Michigan State paid a PR firm $500k to monitor Nassar's victims' social media accounts

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According to a report by the Lansing State Journal, Michigan State, which employed Larry Nassar at a time he was abusing dozens of women, hired a public relations firm to watch and analyze the social media activity of Nassar's victims and reporters covering the case. In a month, the bill exceeded $500,000.

MSU spent $500K in January to monitor social media accounts of Nassar victims, others

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MSU paid $200 to $600/hour for firm to monitor social media accounts of Nassar survivors & reporters.

30 replies 261 ಮರುಟ್ವೀಟಿಸುವಿಕೆಗಳು 261ಇಷ್ಟಗಳು

If MSU wanted to know about me and other survivors, they could have just talked to us. We had outstanding offers meet with them.

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A PR firm billed MSU for $500K as it tracked social media activity surrounding the Larry Nassar case, which often included victims and their families, journalists and others.

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The university's legal expenses related to Nassar it hit $9 million, a total that doesn't include the last few months of work done by its most expensive law firms.

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The PR firm, which no longer works with MSU, billed for work done by 18 employees who totaled 1,443 hours worked in January. Five billed for more than $50K each, with one at $96,900 and another at $120,893.

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That stretch included Nassar's seven-day Ingham County sentencing and the start of his Eaton County sentencing, when the attention on MSU increased significantly.

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Much of what MSU paid the PR firm to do had been done by its internal communications staff for more than a year. That staff continued some of those duties in January and still does them.

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Story updated to include screenshots of emails sent from the firm to MSU staff regarding tracking social media posts related to the Larry Nassar case

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This should raise serious questions about the use of money by MSU. I wonder if anyone is being paid to track this?

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Imagine if MSU had spent this kind of time and money monitoring its own employees instead.

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The amazing thing here is that after paying top-tier big international PR agency rates to track audience sentiment, MSU's leadership in no way acted like it had listened to a word anybody was saying. They're a case study in how to botch a crisis PR response.

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Former Michigan State dean Dr. William Strampel faces charges of sexual harassment, as well as willful neglect of duty related to his handling of Larry Nassar accusations.

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