Public Relations: Bernays' Spinning of the Truth

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Bernays cannot be said to be a public relations genius but someone who spun the truth with a pseudo-event. Bernays advanced a program that had little value and importance to the people to a larger extent. The impact of his event, marching up against smoking women to promote a tobacco company, cannot be celebrated or said to be persuasive (Murphree, 2015). Therefore, Bernays's work can be considered spinning the truth with a pseudo-event.
Bernays's work was unethical since the events and actions did not have any value to society. There are better ways to promote a company than using women to smoke by marching up the street just to end the discriminatory taboo for cigarettes and women (Kelleher, 2021). The event and actions were unethical as Bernays equated smoking to power to enable women to rebel against the taboo of smoking in open places. Hence, Bernays's can be con...