Some say PR is everywhere now — the industry does everything from selling soap to selling the men who would be president — and that’s just fine. But others say that the fact that PR is so ubiquitous makes it dangerous — and that when an unseen army of PR professionals mixes marketing messages into a citizen’s daily diet of news and information, democracy is at risk.
Guests:
Laura Reis, author of “The Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR”
John Stauber, founder, Center for Media and Democracy and PR Watch
Fraser Seitel, author of “IdeaWise”