Ivy Lee, an early public relations practitioner, encouraged his clients to deal with negative publicity by

A) spin mastery and releasing counteracting positive stories.
B) aggressively denying the problem.
C) stonewalling and refusing to talk with reporters.
D) telling the truth while putting a human face on their organization and its accomplishments.


Answer: D

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