Not all the history of Edward L. Bernays, one of the founders of modern public relations, is complimentary and positive. In 1998, Boston Globe reporter Larry Tye wrote a biography of Bernays titled The Father of Spin: Edward L. Bernays & the Birth of Public Relations.
- Here’s a review of the book by the The Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch (an advocacy site that is suspicious of the public relations industry.
- And here is an hour-long Booknotes interview with Tye by C-SPAN’s Brian Lamb.