[Diddley]

The company went into major damage control mode when a similar story was released then.

Interesting. What was the essence of their damage control?

[Buck W.]

"Interesting. What was the essence of their damage control?"


Primarily PR: First, they ran articles and counter-studies in the employee newsletters. Then, they had experts interviewed for the press who had a company-friendly point of view. I believe that they even did some congressional lobbying.

Having said all that, I have no idea whether the connection is real or not. RMC could have been perfectly justified in its actions.

Another such story: During the Falklands war, Argentina hit the British ship Sheffield with an Exocet missile. The Sheffield superstructure burned quickly, and word spread that the fire was due the the high aluminum content of the construction. RMC covered that one, too.