The Fallout Of 10/11: MDP’s Gain?

It did not take long after the mention of the word democracy in the Maldives for the notion of “spin” to come along.

The government was quick to sign up PR firm Hill and Knowlton, part of the massive WPP media empire, to help public relations. They now have a ‘strategic communications unit’ and are very careful to manage their message in the most effective way possible.

As democracy grows, and the shackles of media control slowly come loose, the government will realise it cannot control journalists, only its own message to them. The MDP must realise the same, and should have done so for the case of 10/11.

I do not take issue with the point that the MDP has appeared to have lost ground after 10/11. It has. I take issue with the fact that it actually has lost ground. It has not.