Media-Savvy

Say what you will about the blatent stupidity of what Elliot Spitzer did in his private life, you have to admit that when it came to his media strategy for managing the story, he deserve high marks. With only a few days to process the collapse of his personal and private life, he stood before the media, made a short acknowledgement of his wrong doings and got off the stage without feeding the already out of control media frenzy by taking questions.

Today, in his follow-up act, that featured his continued apology to his family and the citizens of the State of New York as well as his irrevocable resignation from his position as Governor, he again took responsibility for his actions and moved on. He has obviously had some good media coaching over the years that’s resulted in his good use of the media to fuel his crusades, but when the white hot spotlight was turned on him, he put his ego aside was smart enough to only say what needed to, and then leave. People do dumb things, they should step aside, take their punishment, and let us all move on with our lives.