PUBLIC RELATIONS
SIR,--What appears to have escaped your reviewer of The Image Merchants, Miss Laski, in her attempt to hose down the whole public relations world with vitriol, is that anyone can do his own PR. A PRO is hired merely because he knows more about it and has more practical experience, and Miss Laski will, no doubt, spurn its help if she is sued for libel. For what are the services of a barrister, in or out of court, but specialised PR in one particular field? And in what way do they differ from those of a reputable PR man, working with an editor as the judge of the evidence to be presented to a jury of perhaps several millions?—Yours faithfully,
KENNETH GRENVILLE MYER
21 Panton House, Haymarket, SW!
[For the PRO who 'knows more about it,' see page 784.—Editor, Spectator.]
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