Ray Kelly, Spokesman Browne On Hot Seat In Anti-Islam Movie Fallout

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http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/01/ray_kelly_spoke.php

In more fallout from "film gate"--the NYPD's decision to show a controversial anti-Islam film to cops at an anti-terror training center--Mayor Bloomberg says it showed "terrible judgment," and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly admitted he gave an interview to the filmmakers, and called it a mistake.

The reaction from Bloomberg and Kelly make this controversy more of a lesson about their media relations policies than about the film, "The Third Jihad," itself. That's because the NYPD's statements in particular have been contradictory to say the least, and the focus is falling on top Kelly spokesman and advisor Paul Browne. (Browne has not responded to Voice emails on this.)

Kelly's admission was a direct contradiction to claims his spokesman previously made, that he never cooperated with the producers of "The Third Jihad," which was shown to about 1,500 police officers.

Previously, through spokesman Browne, Kelly had said a clip of an interview with him in the film was lifted from another source. Kelly had to make the admission when the New York Times obtained a record of a 90-minute interview he did for the film in March, 2007.