Education

Drug-Free Medical Education For Doctors

by Bob Burton — January 10, 2007 - 10:05pm

Medical researchers at George Washington University have launched a new website, PharmedOut, which is designed to help doctors "identify and counter inappropriate pharmaceutical promotion practices." It also provides links to over 100 continuing medical education (CME) courses that have been developed without drug industry funding.

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PharmedOut, January 2007

New Zealand Police End McDonald's School Marketing Program

by Bob Burton — October 21, 2006 - 4:12am

New Zealand Police have terminated McDonald's sponsorship of a road safety program in schools and pre-schools because it was inconsistent with their policy banning corporate sponsorship.

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New Zealand Herald, October 19, 2006

Kids to Kraft: Where's the Wheat?

by Jonathan Rosenblum — June 27, 2006 - 1:02pm

In contrast to the more than $15 billion in direct marketing spent in the U.S. to exhort children to buy food and non-food products, children often don’t get very far with the companies when they start asking questions. Olympia, Washington teacher Michi Thacker assigned her elementary students to write food manufacturers to raise questions, such as where the macaroni comes from.

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Rethinking Schools, Summer 2006

Media Literacy, Alternative Media and More

by Diane Farsetta — May 24, 2006 - 9:33am

The 2006 Allied Media Conference, organized by Clamor magazine's Allied Media Projects and two Bowling Green State University departments, will be held in Bowling Green, Ohio, from June 23 to 25.

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Allied Media Conference, May 24, 2006

Ex-Prez Rapped as Flack for Soda Jerks

by Jonathan Rosenblum — May 18, 2006 - 8:15am

The deal already looks suspiciously sweetened. On May 3, 2006, U.S. beverage firms announced an agreement with the Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association gradually to pull most sweetened soft drinks from U.S. schools.

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Informed Eating, May, 2006

Connecticut Cuts 'Ade at Schools

by Jonathan Rosenblum — May 2, 2006 - 12:20pm

Gatorade and Powerade, as well as soda and other sports drinks, will be banned from Connecticut schools after a "feverish" double-team by Coca-Cola and Pepsi failed to stop the state's House of Representatives from passing "the strongest school nutrition law in the nation." A flier distributed by Coke's PR reps, Sullivan & LeShane, attacked the bill, urging, "It is counterproductive to tell an 18-year-old who can drive a car, fl

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Hartford Courant, April 26, 2006

Crunch Time for School Junk Food?

by Jonathan Rosenblum — April 18, 2006 - 9:12am

U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), a frequent proponent of legislation protecting children, is now taking on a formidable opponent: the snack industry. Matthew Chayes reports that Harkin has introduced legislation that would tighten the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) definition for "foods of minimal nutritional value." Sen.

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Chicago Tribune, April 14, 2006

Street Theatre Catches Eye of Pentagon Spooks

by Bob Burton — January 23, 2006 - 4:00am

In May 2003, then-deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz gave the go-ahead for a domestic intelligence gathering operation by the Defense Department, code-named TALON, under which "raw information" on "suspicious incidents" was given to U.S. Army analysts at the Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA).

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Newsweek, January 30, 2006

Academic Freedom Ain't What It Used to Be

by Laura Miller — October 24, 2005 - 3:49pm
  • Topics: Right Wing, Education, Think Tanks

    • This summer the Wisconsin-based staff of the Center for Media and Democracy had the pleasure of working with Molly Riordan, an Ithaca College student, who came out to Madison to be our intern. A smart and politically engaged student, Riordan quickly took to our work, adding and editing numerous articles on SourceWatch, our collaborative online encyclopedia of the people, issues and groups shaping public opinion and public policy.

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    I suggested that she write an article on something of interest to her. What resulted was the cover story for the third quarter issue (now available online) of our award-winning quarterly publication PR Watch. In her article "Academic Freedom Takes a Step to the Right," Riordan takes a look at Students for Academic Freedom, a conservative organization with over a hundred campus chapters that claims to promote "academic diversity." Closer examination of SAF reveals its close affiliation with "Marxist-turned-conservative activist" David Horowitz and a pattern of only identifying cases involving conservative students resisting alleged "leftist indoctrination."

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