Creative Response Concepts

Creative Response Concepts (CRC) Public Relations is an American public relations firm best known for helping to devise the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign attacking John Kerry’s Vietnam War record in the 2004 presidential race.[1] CRC has also lobbied against climate change mitigation policies.[2]

Prominent clients include the Federalist Society, the Judicial Crisis Network, and Chevron Corporation.[1][2]

History

CRC was hired by the Discovery Institute during the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District trial over teaching intelligent design in public schools.

In 2006, they were retained to help promote the 2006 film World Trade Center directed by Oliver Stone.

The company was hired to promote The Case Against Barack Obama, a 2008 book by David Freddoso and put out by Regnery Publishing.[3]

CRC is also the agency of record for the National Organization for Marriage.

CRC advocated on behalf of Supreme Court justice nominee Neil Gorsuch.[4] In 2018, CRC was involved in pushing unsubstantiated allegations that the sexual assault accuser of Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh had confused Kavanaugh with someone who allegedly looked like Kavanaugh.[1]

In 2018, CRC's clients included the Federalist Society and the Judicial Crisis Network.[1] In 2019, CRC helped promote conservative pundit Stephen Moore's nomination to serve on the Federal Reserve Board.[5] The firm said it had not been paid to advocate on Moore's behalf.[5] The firm is closely associated with the conservative activist Leonard Leo.[4]

gollark: So everyone. But only everyone who visits. So... 4 people?
gollark: Oh, I mean everyone else and you.
gollark: Yes, probably. Everyone else will enjoy it and get an exclusive achievement.
gollark: Why?
gollark: Hold on while I fire up potatOS, it has a UTC timer.

See also

References
  1. "PR firm helped Whelan stoke half-baked Kavanaugh alibi". POLITICO. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  2. Hiar, Corbin. "OIL AND GAS: Slip-up reveals Chevron ties to architect of climate attack". www.eenews.net. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  3. Martin, Jonathan, "First Obama attack book in the works", news article (Martin also has a blog), The Politico, June 23, 2008, retrieved August 15, 2008
  4. "A conservative activist's behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation's courts". The Washington Post. 2019.
  5. Warmbrodt, Zachary. "Stephen Moore gets PR firm's help to 'manage the media' in bid to join Fed". POLITICO. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.