More Problems for Agriprocessors
Good public relations is crucial for companies in crisis. And many PR firms will go pretty far to make their clients look good.
But how far is too far?
When you get busted for impersonating the opposition and defaming them:
An online commenter purporting to be Rabbi Morris Allen, the head of the Conservative movement’s ethical kashrut initiative Hekhsher Tzedek, posted two comments to the blog FailedMessiah, which is operated by Shmarya Rosenberg. Allen and Rosenberg are frequent critics of Agriprocessors, the largest kosher meat producer in the United States, which was the target of a massive federal immigration raid May 12.
Rosenberg reported that the two fake comments were posted Tuesday from an Internet address linked to 5WPR, the public relations firm representing Agriprocessors. On the same day, a third comment by someone claiming to be Allen was left on a JTA article about Agriprocessors.
All three comments portrayed Allen as being motivated by a desire to promote the interests of Hekhsher Tzedek and the Conservative movement rather than finding out the truth about Agriprocessors and seeing the company make improvements.
Allen told JTA that he did not leave any of the comments and may pursue legal action against the firm. (MORE)
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[...] Oh, and one other thing about this article. The Times chose not to mention one word about who employed these Guatemalans. Even the generic name Agriprocessors is stripped from the article. No mention of the Agriprocessor supervisors being held without bail because one of them has already fled to Israel (who refuses to return him despite the billions of dollars of aid they take from us each year). Not one word about the fake blog comments at Fake Messiah which have now been traced to Agriprocessors’ PR firm’s spokesperson’s home computer. Absolutely not one word about the Rubashkins and their involvement in the biggest nuthouse cult in New York City, the Chabad Lubavitchers. [...]