I've worked in journalism and little worries me more than the growth of PR within police, government and other public bodies. Edward Bernays, the father of pub

I've worked in journalism and little worries me more than the growth of PR within police, government and other public bodies. Edward Bernays, the father of public relations, himself said PR is a just polite term for propaganda. I've had news stories that were in the public interest spiked because of spin doctors meddling. In the UK, central government alone employs more than 1,500 communications staff[1]. I think that's bad for democracy and a waste of public money. I'm with Noam Chomsky who said: "Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state." [1] http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/central-government-has-nearly-1500-communications-staff-and-its-still-impossible-get-answers-until http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/central-government-has-nearly-...