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Cheney and Spin

The weekend hunting accident with Vice President Cheney has been the story of the week. One cannot turn on the TV or talk radio without it being discussed. I think it is interesting, if the story is accurate, as a story told only once. I do feel sorry for the gentleman shot but that is the extent of concern I have for the whole incident. However, there is something that I do find truly interesting that CNN discussed last night as it relates to the incident. They had a former Clinton Administration official on during the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer discussing how Cheney has done the ‘damage control’ all wrong. It was fascinating to listen to this man discuss the layered steps that are necessary in order to get ‘control’ of the story and ‘guide it’ to a planned conclusion. He was giving the American people who happened to be fortunate enough to be watching CNN at the time an inside look into public relations which is not about honesty and integrity but about control and manipulation. I hope the American people were paying attention to how ‘spin’ and ‘damage control’ works and how it is such a part of the political culture that it can be discussed so openly on TV. My concern however is that the people missed the importance of that part of the story and only used it to help them decide if Mr. Cheney handled the situation correctly.

Michael D. Ostrolenk
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Posted by Michael Ostrolenk on February 16, 2006 07:39 AM |

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