1.0emptywheelhttps://www.emptywheel.netRoland Burris' Bad PR Strategy - emptywheelrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lxYDY8wejH"><a href="https://www.emptywheel.net/2009/02/23/roland-burris-bad-pr-strategy/">Roland Burris’ Bad PR Strategy</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.emptywheel.net/2009/02/23/roland-burris-bad-pr-strategy/embed/#?secret=lxYDY8wejH" width="600" height="338" title="“Roland Burris’ Bad PR Strategy” — emptywheel" data-secret="lxYDY8wejH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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As Roland Burris' allies--and the Politico--would have it, his biggest problem right now is that the media strategy he employed to manage his admissions that he has much deeper ties to Rod Blagojevich than he let on was insufficient to the task.https://www.emptywheel.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Web-backup.jpg448448