The PR Agencies Behind Mideast Regimes

The Takeaway

Public Relations firms have been working in the United States and the UK on behalf of governments across the Middle East. What is the job of these PR companies? And how do they justify working for repressive regimes, even as they fall? BBC correspondent, Gabriel Gatehouse, has been reporting on PR companies that are working for governments across the troubled region.

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