I think it sounds more like they suddenly realised they didn’t want it known that they’d done paid PR and that the story had developed organically. Submitting for a PR award would have rumbled them earlier.
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I think it sounds more like they suddenly realised they didn’t want it known that they’d done paid PR and that the story had developed organically. Submitting for a PR award would have rumbled them earlier.