“On Monday, the first family’s younger dog, Major, was surprised by an unfamiliar person and reacted in a way that resulted in a minor injury to the individual which was handled by the White House Medical Unit,” Psaki says of @KateBennett_DC report https://t.co/C1rtn9k775
Our communication around our actions on the @nypost article was not great. And blocking URL sharing via tweet or DM with zero context as to why we’re blocking: unacceptable.
@chrissyfarr If you're going to have a policy, there has to be some enforcement mechanism, which in this case is generally "Please don't talk to the media without coordinating with PR."
It protects the employee and the organization.
Virtually every organization - including media outlets - have policies in place to ensure they know who is talking to journalists, conferences, etc., and what they will be talking about.
It makes me sad to hear from docs and academics who provide me with fantastic quotes & info - and after the fact I hear they got reprimanded by PR because it wasn’t orchestrated by them. Is this standard practice? Shouldn’t they be celebrated?
There are countless reasons why these policies exist: to ensure employees aren't sharing proprietary information, protection from litigation, employees may not know of pending changes in the organization, the PR team can provide needed context to the employee before speaking, etc