As a formidable campaigner and proven media charmer, he was always likely to improve his opinion-poll ratings.
Mr Eisner even sat in on part of Disney's interview with one external candidate for the job, Meg Whitman, the chief executive of eBay.Several Disney board members wanted to bring in a well-known and proven media executive from outside the firm.
Perry has also proven media-shy when it comes to the major television networks.
As last year's ice bucket challenge and #nomakeupselfie proved, social media has transformed the charity fundraising landscape forever.
LinkedIn and Facebook alone have proved social media wasn't a fad.
However, the people of New Addington proved the media wrong the weekend that Tia disappeared, volunteering their time and banding together to search for the missing girl.
As "Please Don't Remain Calm" — his latest collection of columns, most of them published in Slate, the online journal Kinsley founded — proves, the media chatterers got it wrong.
Facebook wants to get more news content in its feed by proving to media sites it's their premier social ally.
But it proves social media has the ability to alter our mood and our well-being.
