As the House and Senate submit legislation restricting "covert propaganda," many debate the legitimacy of fighting PR with PR.

Two weeks ago on this page we questioned the future of government PR contracts in the wake of the Ketchum "pay-for-play" controversy. We recalled what happened in LA last year after news broke of Fleishman-Hillard allegedly overbilling the city on a PR contract, when Mayor James Hahn ordered the outright cancellation of all city PR contracts. Might a similar mindset now take ...