Nor would that be of interest for the people he inspired. The assertion is basically that PR is needed to tranquilize or distract people now out for his head. A sad state of affairs really.

I wonder if the terminus "public relations" should be renamed to "press relations", since I doubt milking the click money is representing public opinion anymore, just the most judgmental individuals instead.

PR messages by definition are as always devoid of significant meaning. I cannot really relate to people that crave more of this.