How to have a smooth relationship with the press
October 29th, 2007, 8:20 am · Post a Comment · posted by fsherman
Apparently FEMA has found a new way to make press conferences go smoothly: Use fake reporters.
Last week, FEMA gave reporters 15 minutes notice that the agency was holding a press conference on the California wildfires. No reporters made it to the conference, but not a problem: FEMA had PR staffers sit in the meeting room and ask questions of one of their own bosses, but presented it on TV as a real press conference with real reporters.
