From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: disinfopedia Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:45:40 -0500
> From: Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Disinfopedia_Main_Page > > > > Welcome to Disinfopedia, a collaborative project to produce a > directory > > of public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations > and > > industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and > > public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special > > interests. We are already working on 1614 articles. > > > The site would have much more credibility in my eyes if it weren't > associated with PRWatch. They vilify all PR professionals regardless of > merit.
Because _ALL_ PR is Propaganda? Because all PR professionals are Propagandists?
Well to answer your extreme answer with a more reasoned response, no it isn't and no they aren't, unless you are referring to the general public as an "institution".
A large portion of the work that PR professionals do keeps the media and by extension the public informed and educated about specific topics and are _not_ aimed at promoting disinformation. For example, almost all of what is released to the public from the scientific community (for example) contains absolutely no 'spin' or hype.
I suppose this will all fall on deaf ears... you seem much more likely to condemn first and not bother to ask questions later, but I suggest you try learning about the industry in all its forms before condemning us as a whole with a single stereotype.
There can be no merit whatsoever in any propaganda department or in any professional propagandists.
I won't deny that PR people across many fields do influence public opinion and spin stories to place their clients in a better light. Your lack of knowledge of our industry coupled with your own personal biases deserve to be pointed out, imo.
I do not accept your claim.
As Darwin said, "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Quite frankly, your acceptance isn't required. You're not speaking from a knowledgeable position regarding the industry, so why should it matter?
Jon
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