Week 10

I don't really have strong opinions either way about PR. Seems like a lot of people in the class are very anti-PR, but maybe only the few who were quick to blog about the lecture (only six people have posted so far) really care that much. Maybe the rest of us are a little less passionate about the topic - I know I am. I do admit, however, that I frequently roll my eyes at the allegedly objective news that I hear on tv or read in the newspaper. Almost all reporters have an obvious slant, particularly when politics are involved. No wonder politicians can go from #1 to #10 in the polls nearly overnight - they are so scrutinized that something they say can be taken completely out of context and blasted all over the media with a completely different meaning than they originally intended. That said, politcians are essentially PR people themselves, especially when they are running for office, but that's another topic.
Anyway, the FEMA ordeal was crazy - I had heard about it before class (fortunately saving me from being lambasted by our guest speaker...) and thought it was utterly ridiculous. Many other PR stunts are also laughable, so I'll just laugh and move on with my day :)