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John Stossel, Anti-Government Ideologue

by John Stauber — June 27, 2001 - 9:09am

Disney/ABC would probably prefer that viewers perceive John Stossel as a fair and investigative journalist, but pro-industry libertarians love him as an ally and leader in their attack on virtually all government.

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http://www.laissezfairebooks.com/product.cfm?op=view&pid=SL8437

CEI Uses Stossel to Attack Environmental Education

by John Stauber — June 27, 2001 - 8:05am

The polluter-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is using the upcoming Stossel report to escalate its attack on public funding of environmental education. CEI notes that "ABC News is airing a John Stossel special this Friday, June 29, exposing some of the liberal indoctrination children receive in the classroom under the guise of environmental education."

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http://www.cei.org/PRReader.asp?ID=1533

Corruption Index Shows Worldwide Crisis

by Laura Miller — June 26, 2001 - 11:00pm

New index highlights worldwide corruption crisis, says Transparency International. The Corruption Perceptions Index 2001 ranks 91 countries. Almost two-thirds of the countries ranked in the new index score less than 5 out of a clean score of 10.

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Press Release, June 27, 2001

Media Reports on Stossel's Reporting

by Sheldon Rampton — June 26, 2001 - 11:00pm

The Washington Post and other news media have started to pay attention to Stossel's latest. Here are some other examples of the coverage: Calif. Parents Attack ABC News Special (Reuters); Parents Complain About ABC Special (AP); Stossel Accused of "Tampering" (E!

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45563-2001Jun25.html

"Beef Up BSE Spending" Says Panel At Edelman Forum

by Laura Miller — June 26, 2001 - 11:00pm

A panel of former government officials, food industry executives and a consumer advocate Friday called on the U.S. government to increase funding for agencies fighting to keep bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow from entering this country. During the BSE Symposium, held in Washington D.C. and sponsored by Edelman Public Relations, former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, now a partner at the DC-based law firm, Akin, Gump, said the U.S.

Main Source: 
Planet Ark, June 25, 2001, O'Dwyer's PR Daily, July 27, 2001 and Press Release, June 27, 2001

Interactive TV Puts Users' Privacy at Risk, Report Says

by Sheldon Rampton — June 26, 2001 - 11:00pm

As interactive television becomes a reality, cable companies and marketers will be able to monitor the viewing habits of millions of Americans, often without clear disclosure, according to a report by the Center for Digital Democracy, a new Washington-based advocacy group. Industry officials said they will use information about customers only to provide better service, but the CDD said the information could lead to manipulation or deceptive advertising.

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Washington Post, June 27, 2001

Accommodating Kissinger

by Sheldon Rampton — June 26, 2001 - 10:09pm

When Henry Kissinger turned up for a recent speech at the National Press Club, he was concerned about the question-and-answer segment. The moderator accommodated his wishes and withheld probing questions.

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http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/2001/06/25/index.html

More on Stossel

by Sheldon Rampton — June 26, 2001 - 10:05pm

Writer Marianne Manilov interviews some of the teachers and parents involved in John Stossel's interviews for his upcoming "scared green" report and gets their version of what happened during the interview. "He started asking leading questions and it was very clear what he wanted to get," says environmental educator John Quigley, who witnessed the interviews. "He would say, 'Wow, it's really scary, isn't it?' And the kids weren't scared at all and so they just looked at him. He asked that question repeatedly. ... These were bright kids, and they were responding well.

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http://www.tompaine.com/news/2001/06/26/index.html

John Stossel Uses Children

by Sheldon Rampton — June 25, 2001 - 2:03pm

A group of California parents who feel they were misled by ABC News correspondent John Stossel have revoked their permission for ABC News to use their children's images or voices in an upcoming program. The eight Los Angeles-area children were interviewed by Stossel on Earth Day, 2001 for his upcoming special, "Tampering with Nature," set to air Friday, June 29. In a letter to Stossel and other ABC News officials, each parent who had signed a permission form says that Stossel and his staff violated the Code of Ethics of the Society for Professional Journalists.

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http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/reports/tamperingwithtruth/

Fenton Communications Helps Rainforest Action Network

by Laura Miller — June 24, 2001 - 11:00pm

Fenton Communications is helping the Rainforest Action Network respond to a conservative non-profit group's claims that RAN illegally uses tax-deductible donations to fund its advocacy campaigns. In a move that could begin what the Wall Street Journal called a "war of the non-profits," Washington, D.C.-based Frontiers of Freedom, which bills itself the "antithesis" of the green movement, has urged the Internal Revenue Service to revoke RAN's tax-exempt status.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily, June 25, 2001
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