PRopaganda??!!!

I saw a terrible YouTube clip today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rPQCPwdwHQ

In a nutshell, the guy degrades everything I have come to know and love about the major I am pursuing. I don't want to be associated with a term such as "propaganda" and the brain washing of today's consumers.

The video was made by the nonprofit Center for Media and Democracy. Their mission statement is as follows:

The nonprofit Center for Media and Democracy strengthens participatory democracy by investigating and exposing public relations spin and propaganda, and by promoting media literacy and citizen journalism, media "of, by and for the people." Our programs include PR Watch, a quarterly investigative journal; six books by CMD staff; Spin of the Day; the Weekly Spin listserv; and, Congresspedia and SourceWatch, part of our wiki-based investigative journalism collaborative to which anyone, including you, can contribute.

Am I being naive?? Regardless of what CMD has to say about Public Relations, I still feel it plays a vital role in the advancement of ANY organization. Those who spin, will spin, and will pay for the consequences. Just don't bring down the entire industry!

Something else I read on a comment of this video said that Bill Hicks (no idea who he is but I will find out) said that if you are a major in marketing or PR, you should kill yourself now.

Pllllleeeeaseee....I will updat as soon as I find out who this Mr. Hicks is, and what his credentials really are.