&gt; One reporter gives a bad slant to a story and that is enough to make you give up on setting up and getting other PR? What am I missing here?<p>Character?  It&#x27;s clear from PG&#x27;s essay that she hates being in the limelight.  What was very likely her worst fear about doing PR happened straight away.  It&#x27;s completely understandable that an incident like that would have had her just back away from it all as fast as possible.  Especially when it&#x27;s something she doesn&#x27;t <i>have</i> to do.