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> Why do the media keep running stories saying suits are back? Because PR firms tell them to. One of the most surprising things I discovered during my brief bus
by asdfman123 7y ago
> Why do the media keep running stories saying suits are back? Because PR firms tell them to. One of the most surprising things I discovered during my brief business career was the existence of the PR industry, lurking like a huge, quiet submarine beneath the news. Of the stories you read in traditional media that aren't about politics, crimes, or disasters, more than half probably come from PR firms.
http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
- VBprogrammer 7y agoThis. I worked at a midstage startup for 3 years. Even the major newspapers would print (or at least publish online) your press-releases practically verbatim. They seemed particularly susceptible to anything which contained some dubious statistics.