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To: TobagoJack who wrote (131320)3/4/2017 12:15:50 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone  Read Replies (1) of 217541
 
Perception Management

The term " Perception Management" has firmly entered the public lexicon. The Department Of Defense even defines Perception Management in one of its manuals, so the military folks obviously take it very seriously. Many public relations firms now offer Perception Management, or "PM" as one of their services. However, it seems that not many of them do it very well. Apparently ,if you want to be exceptional at creating the Big Lie, you really need to specialize in it.

PMs are not spin doctors because they don't spin facts. They create facts. and then sell them to the world as the truth. And that to quote the venerable Mark Twain (who would have has a field day with the PM guys), is the difference between the lighting bug and lightning.

Many of the techniques outlined in the story are standard operating procedures for these folks , even if I give them a different rubric. And by using these methods, a major untruth can be established so quickly and overwhelmingly across the world that no digging by anyone after the fact can make a dent in the public consciousness that it actually isn't true at all.

And that's precisely what makes it so dangerous.

David Baldacci
4/2008
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