Editing Perception management (section)

==Books==
[[John Grisham]]'s book ''[[The Appeal]]'' is about a multimillion-dollar suit against a chemical company in Mississippi that dumped harmful chemicals in the water supply to save money. The chemical company tries to pay off a Supreme Court justice to get out of any [[punitive damage|punitive]] monetary damages or civil charges. Grisham gives details in his book about one of the executives for the chemical company hiring a "government relations" firm in order to get a political stance on their issue and turn the company's image around.

[[David Baldacci]]'s book, ''[[The Whole Truth (novel)|The Whole Truth]]'', involves a shady perception management firm that creates an anti-Russia campaign for one of the largest international arms dealers. This perception management company "employs various strategies at a [[grassroots]] YouTube level, as well as selectively leaking information to the corporate media, that seek to blame Russia for a host of terrible atrocities." The main character's fiancé is killed because she starts to suspect foul play with all of the anti-Russia campaigning.<ref>{{cite web |author=mark hand |url=http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/grishambaldacci05252008/ |title=Perception Management |publisher=Press Action |date=2008-05-25 |access-date=2013-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415014414/http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/grishambaldacci05252008/ |archive-date=2012-04-15 }}</ref>