Flack Pack

It’s Thanksgiving week, so naturally we’re talking about turkeys, the kind that visit the White House each year looking to avoid an untimely end as someone’s holiday feast. The National Turkey Presentation is a PR bonanza for the turkey industry, with reporters lining up in the Rose Garden to report on the annual pardoning ceremony. Abraham Lincoln spared the first bird, but his successors presumably ate the annual presidential gift until Harry Truman picked up the notion of pardoning the animal for all to see. Today, it’s a PR event unlike any other and it comes with a Presidential seal of approval.   Links: A White House Turkey Timeline Angela Greiling Keane National Turkey Federation 2017 Turkey Pardon News Release Beth Breeding West Wing Reports Paul Brandus Adam Belmar