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
(FYI: If anyone hears which PR company takes this job, email hello at popbitch.com) ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk