[lbo-talk] rehabilitating Stalin

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 5 12:14:10 PST 2009


You don't actually believe this, do you?

----- Original Message ---- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> To: lbo-talk <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Thu, November 5, 2009 10:55:00 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] rehabilitating Stalin

[from Popbitch]


>> Stalin revisited <<
      Wanted: PR firm who will do anything

  If Max Clifford ever gets bored with his job   hiding any skeletons Simon Cowell might have,   here's a new one for him - and possibly an   easier one  - rescuing Stalin's reputation.

  Russia is looking for a Brussels-based PR   company for a new campaign, which will include   casting "a positive light on the actions of   the Soviet Union before and after World War   II in order to justify the idea   that modern Russia should also impose its   influence on neighbouring countries for the   good of the world".

  A senior executive at one PR firm who was   pitched the business says that he asked,   "Do you want us to say that Stalin was not   such a bad guy?' The answer was, "Well, I know   it will be difficult". The PR guy then asked,   "So, you want history to be rewritten?"   And he said 'Yes, in a way". Well, an industry   that's managed to get across the message that   the Cheryl Cole album is good should be up   for anything.

More: http://euobserver.com/9/28883

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