When high-profile PR pros are incompetent, the image of the entire industry takes a hit
It's been a bad couple of weeks for PR, with a trio of recent stories confirming the layman's worst prejudices about our industry and its professionals.
First, there was the advice offered by Michael Brown's press secretary. Brown, who resigned as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the wake of its lackadaisical response to Hurricane Katrina, was a closet metrosexual, taking time out while people ...