On 29 March 2012 15:38, Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
I noticed that in the Bell Pottinger meltdown Lord Bell switched from saying that the PR operatives had not actually broken the law (i.e. minimalist on professional ethics), to a line that WP was really just too complicated and fussy about it all. The latter is only convincing in the absence of figures on the hourly rate being charged for whitewashing. Almost by definition, service industries thrive on the principle that they can charge for doing a good job: we mostly prefer not to cut our own hair.
In the Bell Pottinger incident, Wikipedians and even Jimbo may have fussed - but it was the press who really took them to the cleaners.
- d.