Start feeding lurid, blood sex crime actual evidence on the attackers to the press. Also press releases should always contain some factor of endurance. This gives the public the idea that we endure. Never Defend or Deny. Reporters are a kiss of death unless one really is an expert PR man himself.
Reporters have to be handled and well.
If truly friendly, they have to be wooed. If not they have to be handled. Totally discredit using the technique of the Dead Agent caper which MUST be understood in full. It consists of photostats of good stories and authentic documents that state the truth and thus wreck any lies and the liar. The kit of the PRO MUST contain a full set of such documents, adequate to cancel out any lies told.