The desire to keep unpleasant facts from the public to protect an institution is now institutionalized in the Public Relations Industry. Locally Harvard University has its own police. The White House has enough influence to keep secret or to spin major blunders into positive perspectives.
[From article]
"The instinct to protect a reputation is nothing new.
At the height of the scandal in the Catholic Church, when Cardinal Law was featured in the role Joe Paterno now plays, a young priest named Bryan Parrish offered an interesting theory.
“I think part of this stems from the history of Irish Catholics in this part of the country, back to a time when protecting the institution was necessary,” he suggested. “That mindset of dealing with our problems internally has been perpetuated to this day, a ‘let’s keep it all in the house’ approach that led to a lack of openness.”
http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1380277&srvc=news&position=3
Joe Paterno’s failing all too common
Boston Herald
By Joe Fitzgerald
Saturday, November 12, 2011
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