OMG! He Said What? (A&E's Duck Dynasty Situation)
January 1, 2015
SKU:
BUS-004212 Region:
North America
Topic:
Ethics & Social Justice, Strategy & General Management
Length:
4 pages
Keywords:
Duck Dynasty, controversy, A&E network, Public Relations, social media
Copyrighted by:
Journal of Critical Incidents
Student Price:
$4.00 (€3.56)
This incident deals with the controversial interview in GQ magazine with Phil Robertson, founder of West Monroe, Louisiana-based Duck Commander and family patriarch on A&E’s “Duck Dynasty” reality television show. Robertson, a devout and conservative Christian, made some highly inflammatory comments about homosexuals and African-American in the pre-Civil Rights era. The A&E network suspended Robertson amid lots of PR, social media, and print commentaries and then reinstated him. The student is asked to assess how A&E handled the PR controversy and to provide suggestions for how the network should have handled the situation.