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Should Public Relations be Regulated?

Public relations influences what people believe, buy, and vote for. Yet it remains a profession with few enforceable standards, even as misinformation accelerates and AI makes manipulation easier than ever. In this episode, Farzana Baduel and Doug Downs debate whether PR should be regulated. Farzana argues the guardrails once provided by journalism have weakened, and the industry should build stronger codes of conduct and professional requirements before governments step in. Doug argues regulation often protects incumbents, shrinks voices, and still misses the worst actors who sit outside the profession entirely. This is a conversation about standards, freedom, democracy and the future of trust. The core question is simple. Who gets to control expression?