Ketchum Reacts to Williams Flap

BOSTON Omnicom Group’s Ketchum Public Relations today responded to media criticism surrounding its apparent reluctance to take responsibility for commentator Armstrong Williams’ lack of disclosure that he was paid by a Ketchum client, the U.S. Department of Education, to tout the Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind act.

“Ketchum is committed to adhering to industry guidelines and to high ethical standards in every aspect of its business practices,” the New York-based agency said in a statement.