School district commits embarrassing PR gaffe

This incident occurred in 2011, but it’s worth spotlighting to show how not to handle an inquiring reporter.

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He’s the man who feared a dastardly “walking away” shot after an ambush interview had ended—and therefore refused to walk away from the reporter. You can read about that incident in my post, “Whatever You Do, Don’t Back Up!

I came across another video of Dr. Beckwith’s strange media approach recently (I missed this clip when it originally aired in May 2011), proving that the first one wasn’t an anomaly.

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