Whatever public relations is, it isn’t this. I’m refering to the report below from Stars and Stripes. These folks are not PR people, but I won’t suggest what they really are.
PR firm screening reporters
before Pentagon gives OK for embed
Many reporters seeking permission to embed with U.S. forces in Afghanistan are being screened by a Washington-based PR firm contracted by the Pentagon, according to Stars and Stripes. The reason: to determine if the reporters’ past coverage has portrayed the U.S. military in a positive light. “U.S. public affairs officials in Afghanistan acknowledged to Stars and Stripes that any reporter seeking to embed with U.S. forces is subject to a background profile by The Rendon Group, which gained notoriety in the run-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq for its work helping to create the Iraqi National Congress,” Stars and Stripes’ Charlie Reed wrote.
