Governor Andrew Cuomo's Administration Can Make Its Own News, Thanks

While every PR person worth his or her salt will develop a close relationship with media contacts, some politicians’ offices try to bypass the traditional media entirely. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s administration, for example, decided to start issuing its own weekly “State of New York” video reports last Friday. Here’s the first “webisode”:

Skeptical? You’re not the only one.

As Thomas Kaplan of The New York Times writes:

“Cuomo…is often unhappy about the news coverage of his administration.