{"id":2471,"date":"2008-06-13T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.prssa.org\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2012-05-30T10:42:45","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T16:42:45","slug":"integrity-of-public-relations-profession-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/2008\/06\/13\/integrity-of-public-relations-profession-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrity of Public Relations Profession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"blog-entry-content\"><span id=\"rptPosts__ctl0_lblContent\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Some of you may have read Andrew Cohen&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2008\/06\/01\/sunday\/main4142947.shtml#ccmm\">remarks<\/a> that impugned the integrity of the public relations profession. In a June 1, 2008 commentary following publication of former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan\u2019s book, Cohen, a legal analyst for CBS, made gratuitous allegations about the profession. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u201cShow me a PR person who is \u2018accurate\u2019 and \u2018truthful,\u2019 and I&#8217;ll show you a PR person who is unemployed,\u201d said Cohen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) replied to Cohen\u2019s comments with a <a href=\"http:\/\/media.prsa.org\/article_display.cfm?article_id=1176\">letter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/media.prsa.org\/article_display.cfm?article_id=1179\">video<\/a> by PRSA chair and CEO Jeffrey Julin on behalf of the PRSA Board of Directors in support of the profession. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u201c<span style=\"color: black;\">Contrary to baseless assertions, truth and accuracy are the bread and butter of the public relations profession,\u201d said Julin. \u201cIn a business where success hinges on critical relationships built over many years with clients, journalists and a Web 2.0-empowered public, one\u2019s credibility is the singular badge of viability.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">As members of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), we represent the future of the profession. Your thoughts and perspective on these developments would be appreciated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you may have read Andrew Cohen&#8217;s remarks that impugned the integrity of the public relations profession. In a June 1, 2008 commentary following publication of former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan\u2019s book, Cohen, a legal analyst for CBS, made gratuitous allegations about the profession. \u201cShow me a PR person who is \u2018accurate\u2019 and \u2018truthful,\u2019 and I&#8217;ll show [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2471"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2473,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471\/revisions\/2473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}