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The PR company Ketchum boasts on its website that its issues and crisis management expertise "helps clients plan rational strategies to deal with difficult situations early -- before an issue or crisis erupts." In written responses to questions from PR Week about the firm's role in the
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"In order to achieve long-term peace and stability in the Middle East, the youth need to be reached," explained the U.S. government, in an ad seeking artists for an "original comic book series" to help Middle Eastern youth "learn lessons, develop role models and improve their education." The U.S. Army's Fourth Psychological Operations Group at Fort Bragg in North Carolina has done initial character and plot development and will produce the series.
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The giant PR firm Burson-Marsteller won a $4.6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, for two to seven months' work.
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In a Fox News interview, Laurence Moskowitz, the CEO and President of Medialink Worldwide, defended video news releases (VNRs).
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Government agencies "often don't return phone calls or provide relevant information" to the ethnic press, according to a survey by the Independent Press Association-New York. The association is a network of 115 "immigrant, African-American, and community newspapers." The most unhelpful federal agencies were the Department of Homeland Security, the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Affairs, and the Department of Labor.
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Since President Bush entered office, there has been a 75% increase in the amount of government information classified as secret each year.
This afternoon I listened in on a conference call among some of the top PR execs in the business of producing video news releases (VNRs), more honestly called fake news. I can report they are proud and confident that the recent "flap" on the front page of Sunday's New York Times about the Bush administration's use of fake news will amount to nothing at all.
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After last Sunday's New York Times article on video news releases, Richard Edelman, the president and CEO of the PR company Edelman, wrote that the PR industry can expect more criticisms. "Why am I so sure of this?
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"We believe FDA is overstating industry's compliance with the animal feed ban and understating the potential risk of (mad cow disease) for U.S.
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In response to Sunday's New York Times expose, White House press secretary Scott McClellan called government-produced video news releases "an informational tool." Their source, he said, is "very clear to the TV stations." The head of Medialink, on
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