Scott McClellan,and Brush

I thought he was a revenger. One reason was that he told the truth immediately after Brush fired him. The other reason was that if he knew something wrong, why he kept the secret so long. It was a negative impression to the public.

PR promise should be ethics. At least for me that I believe saying bad things on purpose

Do not cross the line. Once someone lies, others will not trust him/her again. In China, an old story was about the liar. A guy used to tell others the wolf was coming. At the beginning, people trusted him and carried weapons protecting themselves. The wolf did not come even once. So people knew this guy lied. As a result, the wolf finally killed the liar. No one thought he was honesty. Then it just happened.

It is a sad story. There is no standard line for ethical or not. However, if someone breaks the trust, the only thing can bring it back believes.

On the other hand, what Scott McClellan did successfully got the public’s attention. He might have something interesting for real. It was difficult to collect information in the enemy under the eyes. In a certain level, he was the another Edward Snowden to fight with the government.

In a word, America has freedom of speech. Timing for this case was an important thing. And his behavior was against the ethical of PR.