And with the death of Top of the Pops last year - once the ultimate stage for miscreants to make their mark - we no longer face a delicious fiasco like Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Relax banned and at number one, and for weeks on end (only knocked off by the equally radical Two Tribes).
He told them, he said, that they would face a public relations fiasco if they made malaria worse.
How ironic, then, that the institution currently faces a public-relations fiasco, and one of its worst-ever shareholder rows.It has only itself to blame.
Yankee officials had faced a full-fledged fan fiasco after they decided to stop selling Cracker Jack this season, choosing instead to offer another brand of caramel corn, called Crunch 'n Munch.
She faces a Commons confrontation over the fiasco for the third day running when Labour mounts an opposition-day debate.
May faces a renewed Commons confrontation on Wednesday over the fiasco for the third day running when Labour mounts an opposition-day debate on the affair.
Geldof herself may yet face a criminal prosecution, so even this account of the fiasco needs to be worded carefully.
Though Samsung faces a unique PR challenge because of the exploding phone fiasco, other smartphone companies have also announced initiatives to reduce their impact on the planet.
But banks could also face a clampdown from even tougher financial rules that emerge from JPMorgan's fiasco.
The GCSE English fiasco that meant thousands of teenagers missed out on C grades this year faces a high court challenge, it was announced on Wednesday.
