The focus of the unfolding stories – and the scope of the Levenson Inquiry, so far – has been on the relationship between the tabloid press, the police and politicians. As this article from PR Week illustrates, PR people lurk at every junction of this network.
This is not surprising as the story concerns exchanges of power between key players, the power to reveal or withhold private information; to support or oppose media legislation; and in the case of the police, the power to promote the Met and/or and particular factions within it. Each group can be seen as maximising their interests at the expense of others – again illustrating the conflict between the ethical claims to serve society promoted by all the players’ professional codes and the much dirtier rules of advocacy followed in practice.
Today’s PR week reports on Rebekah Brooks’ hiring of PR services to handle the Sara Payne hacking allegations…
this story goes on and on and the PR role’s barely been touched.
Johanna Fawkes Research 
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