countrywide hires pr crisis firm

"In a move to improve its murky image, Countrywide has hired PR crisis firm Burson-Marsteller, the same magical company that represented the USPS during the anthrax scare, Johnson & Johnson during the Tylenol poisonings, and most recently companies involved in the Chinese toy scandal. “We wanted to assure you that my firm and I have brought companies through the worst type of publicity,” Burson’s Jason Schechter said, according to the transcript."