1.0 link 137228 <![CDATA[Miscommunicating the "Bailout"]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-sandman-and-kevin-nix/miscommunicating-the-bail_b_137228.html If there were any doubt that good public relations is critical to good policy making, we need look no further than the national conversation over the $700 billion economic package designed to stop the bleeding in our credit markets.

Proving that "shock and awe" is no substitute for a systematic communications strategy, the sudden announcement on September 19th that the federal government would invest such a huge amount in the nation's banks generated an almost-instant backlash.

A chorus of...

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