Thank GOD for media relations pros!!

From FoxNews.com:  As the state Senate’s impeachment trial for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich draws to a close, media relations pros say he might have been better off mounting a defense in the state capital rather than on the airwaves.  Wow.  I look forward to the follow-up stories: Media relations pros suggest that Tom Cruise stop ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry.

From FoxNews.com

From FoxNews.com

As the state Senate’s impeachment trial for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich draws to a close, media relations pros say he might have been better off mounting a defense in the state capital rather than on the airwaves. 

Wow. 

I look forward to the follow-up stories:

  • Media relations pros suggest that Tom Cruise stop talking about Scientology,
  • Media relations pros suggest winning the Super Bowl is better for one’s career than losing it.   

Readers are encouraged to suggest other pathbreaking predictions by media relations pros. 

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry. Twitter: @dandrezner

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