We view PR as a tactic for corporations, nonprofits, and other entities. But Harari argues that to- day’s most effective PR occurs on the world stage, in the form of a “Big Lie” that would make Joseph Goebbels proud – the global effort to de-legitimize Israel. “If you tell a lie big enough and keep …
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The Republican struggle to reconcile House and Senate versions of a 2006 budget resolution reflects a much larger reality: When it comes to fiscal policy, the GOP is facing its moment of truth — and it’s blinking. For years, Republicans vowed that, if they controlled the White House and Congress at the same time, they …
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Iran represents the clearest example of the nightmare that President Bush vows to prevent: an outlaw nation that could give nuclear weapons to terrorists with whom it works. But instead of leading, Mr. Bush is laying back, commenting little while maintaining the fiction that perhaps our European allies will negotiate a verifiable non-nuclear deal with …
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With the President and Congress back in town, public affairs firms across DC hope to ride the financial gravy train Bush’s aggressive legislative agenda presents. His plans to revamp Social Security, overhaul the tax code, reform the legal system, promote energy independence, and other initiatives have firms scrambling for pieces of the consulting pies. Look …
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With a new Congress in place, talk of serious change abounds. “I earned capital on the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it,” President Bush said after his re-election — and a strengthened majority on Capitol Hill plans to help him. At the same time, a demoralized Democratic Party finds itself largely …
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The pre-adjournment wrangling in Congress over health care, energy and other legislation is shaped, at least in part, by a basic piece of conventional wisdom: Get it done now, for the built-in realities of any election year will make it impossible for Congress to do much legislatively in 2004. You hear it all over town …
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You can’t help but marvel at White House efforts to stop the controversy over its mistaken claim, as the President declared in his State of the Union speech, that Iraq “sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.” As a communications official from the Clinton Administration, which was known for its share of controversy, I can’t …
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