I blame Hollywood for glorifying the public relations field. How many young women have gone unsuspecting into PR because of Samantha on Sex in the City? Tom Murphy (who also reminds us not to believe the hype) writes about Power Girls, a profoundly awful show about PR newbies at a New York agency:
I’m sure the show will mirror the daily grind of a job in PR. Coming in grumpy in the morning, wading through 6,000 e-mails, answering voice mails, cup of coffee, read the papers…
I have a feeling that Power Girls may skip some of the more mundane stuff. Hopefully none of the work will involve driving SUVs. I wonder if they’ll be working on any microprocessor accounts? Now that would be reality TV…
Indeed. Will we witness trying to explain to curmudgeonly journalists why their client’s SSL VPN is way better than the competitions? I think not. I suspect that it will be all cosmopolitans and Gucci. Eventually, will all careers become reality TV shows? Personally, I’d rather watch a show about a Friday night MacDonalds drive-through attendant than some faux PR flacks.
The SUV that Tom refers to concerns how Lizzie Grubman drunkenly backed into a crowd of people in 2001, injuring 16. While that’s what brought her most of her celebrity (or, rather, infamy), that’s not in her MTV bio.
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There was a show on when I was in journalism school called “deadline.” It was about some journalist people trying to make their deadline. I never watched it, but we made fun of it incessantly. The premise just sounds completely stupid.
wait a minute… PR isn’t about giving blowjobs in exchange for good press?
damn. there goes that career alley.