How Putin and Russia Use Powerful U.S. PR Firms to Shape American Opinion @alternet

How Putin and Russia Use Powerful U.S. PR Firms to Shape American Opinion @alternet: Is public relations simply a more insidious form of fake news? The Russian attempt to influence the 2016 American presidential election, using what intelligence agencies call “active measures,” has dominated U.S. headlines.There is, however, a second front in Russia’s effort to shape the hearts and minds of American citizens, and it’s received almost no attention in mainstream U.S. media outlets since the election.