My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive citizens.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In this digital age, there is no place to hide behind public relations people. This digital age requires leaders to be visible and authentic and to be able to communicate the decisions they've made and why they've made them, to be able to acknowledge when they've made a mistake and to move forward, to engage in the debate.
I understood public relations and always maintained a high profile.
I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.
Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance.
In so many of the other beats these days, there are these layers of public relations people that you have to go through to get to the newsmakers themselves.
Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs.
In public relations, you live with the reality that not every disaster can be made to look like a misunderstood triumph.
Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
Public relations is at best promotion or manipulation, at worst evasion and outright deception. What it is never about is a free flow of information.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.