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I feel like you formed a conclusion based on your incorrect knowledge of the name of the company. Now that's been corrected, and your error highlighted, you're doubling down rather than admitting you made a mistake.

I don't read that sentence as saying that Autostrade are solely a PR company (and certainly the rest of the article makes clear that this is not the case), just that they are managing talking to the media for that subcontractor.

That sentence stuck out when I read it, too, but the article makes it clear that Autostrade was not just a PR co.