So, how do you spin the bankruptcy of the world’s largest automaker? Former GM spinmeister Steve Harris recently took an hour to help prepare future generations for the day when they too will have to soft-pedal the inevitable collapse of their very own lumbering giant employer. Bonus revelation:

[the presidential task force was] very interested in what we were doing from a communications standpoint, but I can not say that they really exerted much control at all. Once or twice they said “we would really like it if you add this message or this communication into your plans,” but it was really minimal. It was not overbearing at all.

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