Re: Elizabeth Corcoran on MS Stealth PR

["Norm" <normanmo@clark.net>]

On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:11:39 -0400 (EDT), James Love wrote:

>I would be interested in reactions the story by Elizabeth Corcoran in
>today's Washington Post.  My initial reaction was that he story only
>briefly mentions a few of the details of the phony "astroturf" PR
>effort, doesn't use the word Stealth at all, and portrays it mostly as a
>business as usual thing that big companies and PR agencies do. 
>Elizabeth does mention that State attorneys general "were grumbling
>yesterday" about the plan, but quotes no one expressing any outrage or
>deeper concerns about campaigns of this nature (other than to indicate
>they are difficult to do).


     IMNSHO it's just another example of how our society has come to
accept 'lying and cheating' as being a 'necessary evil', especially in
politics and in doing business.  Take away all the trimmings and what
you have is Ms. Corocoran defending the 'everybody's doing it' excuse. 
Sure M$ isn't the only company to employ these kinds of unethical
practices, but is that a good enough reason to accept it???  What I'd
like to ask Ms Corocoran is if the next time someone close to her (ie.
children, husband, etc) tells her a big lie she's going to accept the
'everyone's lying' excuse.  As a society we wonder why we're raising
children without a basic sense of what's right and wrong, but the truth
is they're just following our lead.

 ...Cheers,

 ...Norm

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