Sheeooot. Ontario Liberals have obviously contracted this firm out long ago. Their PR strategy sure works for our ruling party and I am sure it will work just fine for other leaders. Just call ole Kathleen, she has a great strategy. “We were listening before but now we are listening even harder”. But pppssssstttt (we still can’t hear you so shut up).
The UN’s Climate Secretariat will get free PR advice so it can inspire politicians to take action. But the UN’s own survey says the public ranks climate change last among 16 priorities.
I’ve observed previously that the public relations community plays a disturbing role in the climate change debate.
PR companies specialize in selling us things – ideas as well as tangible products. They’re guns-for-hire. Their job isn’t to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. They’re not interested in playing fair. Rather than encouraging debate, nuance, and independent thought, they push simple-minded sound bytes. They’re experts at blanketing the airwaves with a select point-of-view.
The fact that the board of the David Suzuki Foundation is chaired by the president of a PR firm tells us something about the David Suzuki empire.
The announcement, two days ago, that the UN’s Climate Secretariat will receive pro bono
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