MS Stealth PR

["Kris Shapar" <shapar@moon.jic.com>]

It's true this happens all the time and is the accepted way of doing 
business in DC these days. You're right that just because it's done 
so often is no reason to be blind to the corruption it shows and 
passively accept it, and still less for the press, the medium through 
which this corruption works, not to expose it.

On 11 Apr 98 about AM-INFO digest 221, am-info@essential.org 
<am-info@essential.org> had this to say:

> I think that Elizabeth was accurate in pointing out that (some) big
> companies do this type of thing.  I think she was remiss in not
> questioning the broader implications for the public, who is mislead by
> such manipulative campaigns, or mentioning past MS efforts, such as the
> Barkto incident, the NT-PRO event at our conference, or similar efforts,
> which MS has done in the past. I also think she should ask the press a
> question -- does it have an obligation to tell readers when its op-ed
> pieces have been "planted" by a PR agency,  or should it do more to
> report various front group activities.  
> 
                                 
Kris Shapar
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