PR Watch
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PR Watch is a quarterly newsletter whose stated mission is to expose deceptive and misleading public relations campaigns. It frequently writes about PR campaigns which it considers to be anti-environmental but also covers issues ranging from labor rights to world affairs. PR Watch, a project of the Center for Media and Democracy, is the creation of Center director John Stauber and PR Watch editor Sheldon Rampton.
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Fabrice Florin
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May 28, 2007 - 1:05 PM PDT
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Pentagon Pundit Scandal Broke the Law
The Pentagon military analyst program unveiled in last week's expose' by David Barstow in the New York Times was not just unethical but illegal. It violates, for starters, ...Posted by Ben Ross -
Fighting Junk Mail via 'Do Not Mail' Lists: Devilish Details and Front Groups
"For beleaguered consumers, a "Do Not Mail" list certainly sounds attractive: just sign up and junk mail would magically stop....."Posted by Kevin Reilly -
Jousting with the Lancet: More Data, More Debate over Iraqi Deaths
Theoretically, the public health surveys and polls that have been conducted in Iraq -- at great risk to the people involved -- should help inform and further the debate. But ...Posted by Judith Davidsen -
This Week in Congress (Feb. 9 - 15, 2008)
(Congresspedia Preview) With the Senate approving an economic package last week, it looks like Congress can now return to some issues that were put on hold while the stimulus ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Has the Internet Changed the Propaganda Model?
In their groundbreaking 1988 book, Manufacturing Consent, professors Ed Herman and Noam Chomsky not only explained, but documented with extensive case studies, how mass media ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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A Bad Week for Corporate Spies - Center for Media and Democracy
Over the past week, reporters and activists outed three different corporate spying operations. As John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton wrote in their 1995 book "Toxic Sludge Is ...Posted by Matthew Reibel -
This Week in Congress (Jan. 26 - Feb. 1, 2008)
This week, we saw Democrats in the Senate becoming more assertive in their second year as the majority party, as the chamber continued its fracas over electronic intelligence ...Posted by Leo Romero -
The Failure of Oregon's Cigarette Tax: a Postmortem
The November 6, 2007 election brought a stinging defeat to Oregon's cigarette tax increase. The proposal aimed to raise the state's cigarette tax by 84.5 cents a pack to pay ...Posted by Matthew Reibel -
Women in Government, Merck's Trojan Horse: Part Three in the Politics and PR of Cervical Cancer series
In this article, we'll analyze the push for mandated HPV vaccination of adolescent girls that is taking place at the state level throughout the U.S., and the non-profit ...Posted by Judith Siers-Poisson -
Research, Develop, and Sell, Sell, Sell: Part Two in the Politicsw and PR of Cervical Cancer series
This series of articles is not primarily about the efficacy of Merck's vaccine, Gardasil, or of GlaxoSmithKline's competing vaccine, Cervarix, which has not yet received FDA ...Posted by Judith Siers-Poisson -
Setting the Stage: Part One in a Series on the Politics and PR of Cervical Cancer
HPV is rampant throughout the world, and the U.S. is no exception. In nearly every state in the U.S. there is a legislative push to make the HPV vaccine mandatory for middle ...Posted by Judith Siers-Poisson -
At Least 11 Members of Congress Now Under Investigation
By our count, eleven members of Congress (and ten former members who departed with the 109th Congress) are currently the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation. Over the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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Cancer (3), U.S. Congress (3), Media and Politics (2), War in Iraq (1), Law (1), U.S. Budget (1), Bush Administration (1), Law Enforcement (1), Domestic Spying (1), Farming (1), Health Care (1), Internet (1), Iraq (1)
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Judith Siers Poisson (3), Diane Farsetta (3), Conor Kenny (2), Sheldon Rampton (2), Anne Landman (1), Elliott Fullmer (1), Ann Landman (1)
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Special Report (5), News Analysis (3), Review (2), Opinion (1), Editorial (1)
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