tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392447257612709913.post5818397354832421581..comments2024-03-28T10:58:05.404+05:30Comments on THE READING ROOM: Uncalled-for criticism of the PR community — and my rejoinderRamesh Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678034444539598327noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392447257612709913.post-12374003430949505632011-07-24T15:02:27.618+05:302011-07-24T15:02:27.618+05:30Hahaha, we live in an era where a portion of the j...Hahaha, we live in an era where a portion of the journalists working with newspapers fancy themselves as advertising copywriters (for example: "Railways Derailed", "America Attacked" - if I weren't fortunate enough to read a real newspaper each day, I'd have had more on top of mind recall).<br /><br />Well, considering we have advertising copywriters and budding creative visualisers doing up today's news stories, one must expect the undying thirst for "masala". So most probably, the need for a punching bag, a scapegoat and maybe one or two to spare is also a part of their idea of news.<br /><br />Having said this, I am hardly surprised they launched a scathing attack on the PR guys. Maybe it's time the PR industry retaliated in the light of the Rupert Murdoch trial ;)gkkarthichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09919492186992519943noreply@blogger.com