Criminal Defense Attorneys, Defendants Benefit from Media Consultants
They're called publicists, publicity agents and media handlers, whatever the name, they can help attorneys manage the news media.
ThePublicityAgency.com - May 16, 2008
(PRNewsChannel) / Tampa, Fla. - Whether it's high profile defendants like O.J. Simpson charged in Las Vegas, rapper R. Kelly facing a jury in Chicago on child pornography charges or lesser known criminal defendants, media consultants can help both criminal defense attorneys and their clients manage members of the news media.
"The court of public opinion is critical in any case and if you don't manage the media, the media will control the direction the coverage takes," says Glenn Selig, a Tampa, Fla. based media consultant who's handling the media for Drew Peterson.
Peterson is the former Chicago police officer accused in the disappearance of his fourth wife Stacy. Peterson says she ran off with a lover and that he had nothing to do with her leaving.
"In the first few months of the Peterson case the media coverage was brutal," says Selig. "The media believed Peterson was guilty and that's how they covered the story."
Since Selig's involvement in the case, Peterson has done high-profile interviews with Matt Lauer, co-anchor of NBC's Today show and Larry King of Larry King Live on CNN.
"I wanted Drew to be able to tell his side of the story. The media needs to be fair. In this country, the last time I checked, you're innocent until proven guilty."
While they may be wizards in the criminal court system, criminal defense attorneys often turn to media consultants like Selig for guidance in handling the news media. And a growing number of them are hiring media consultants to help navigate unchartered territory.
Selig is an award-winning former major city TV news reporter. He covered the big court stories and now is on the public relations side--helping criminal attorneys and their clients manage the message in the court of public opinion.
"If you don't control you're own message, the media will control it and negative news sells," says Selig.
For more information on media consulting, please visit http://www.ThePublicityAgency.com.
About The Publicity Agency: ThePublicityAgency.com is a media consulting firm that handles publicity needs of attorneys, medical professionals and other businesses or individuals who need to manage the media or are seeking free publicity.
About Glenn Selig: Glenn Selig is an award-winning former TV news reporter and anchor who helps his clients handle the news media. He's often interviewed by the news media to comment on high profile cases.
Contact: Glenn Selig
Phone: (813) 948-7767
Email: glenn (at) thepublicityagency.com
Web site: www.thepublicityagency.com
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