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New Participatory Project: Classroom Propaganda of Yesteryear

by Sheldon Rampton — January 1, 2008 - 11:45am

"Capitalism", a Coronet film, explained the American economy through the story of a corner grocer and kids buying supplies for a wienie roast.

We've

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Sourcewatch

Giuliani's Drug Deal

by Sheldon Rampton — December 31, 2007 - 9:19am

As a paid corporate lobbyist, U.S. presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani helped Purdue Pharma defend its illegal activities to promote the drug Oxycontin, according to New York Times reporters Barry Meier and Eric Lipton. "As a celebrity, Mr.

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New York Times, December 28, 2007

Colorado's Casino Towns Gamble on Loose Interpretation of Smoking Ban

by Anne Landman — December 27, 2007 - 1:15pm

As Colorado prepares to extend its state law eliminating secondhand smoke in workplaces to include casinos as of January 1, 2008, the state's mountain gambling towns have been hard at work getting ready for the change.

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Casper, Wyoming Star Tribune, December 27, 2007

Keep Your Smoke to Yourself, S'il Vous Plait

by Judith Siers-Poisson — December 22, 2007 - 11:27pm

The French National Committee Against Tobacco Addiction is launching an edgy new campaign based on previous ones against AIDS/HIV, "except that there i

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Le Monde (France), December 17, 2007

Drug Ties Lead to "Wishful Conclusions"

by Diane Farsetta — December 17, 2007 - 4:46pm

"Meta-analyses," or reviews of several studies' worth of data on a single drug, influence patient care and healthcare policy. Increasingly, the people carrying out these meta-analyses have financial ties to drug companies. So researchers at Stanford and the University of California, San Francisco set out "to determine whether financial ties to one drug company are associated with favourable results or conclusions in meta-analyses on antihypertensive drugs," which are taken to lower blood pressure.

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British Medical Journal, December 8, 2007

The Fakest Time of the Year: The 2007 Falsies Awards

by Diane Farsetta — December 7, 2007 - 9:50am
  • Topics: Activism, Global Warming, Corporations, Health, Media, Pharmaceuticals, Propaganda, Public Relations, Science, Think Tanks, U.S. Government, War / Peace, Women

    • Ladies and gentlemen, this is the year that the Falsies Awards have truly arrived!

    Here at the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), we've dearly treasured our Falsies since we gave the first awards out in 2004. After 12 months of reporting on the cynical, manipulative and just plain anti-democratic pollution of our information environment, we love adding an extra dash of humor to our work. But this year's Falsies Awards are extra super special.

    Columbus Discovers Local Fake News

    by Diane Farsetta — December 6, 2007 - 4:54pm

    Emmy award-winning television reporter Andrea Cambern "might be the most trusted news anchor in Columbus," Ohio, writes Steph Greegor. "So she's believable when she appears in reports reinforcing the notion that the Ohio State University Medical Center is a fine facility. What those clips don't mention is that Ohio State paid Channel 10 for them. ...

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    The Other Paper (Columbus, Ohio), November 29, 2007

    New Participatory Project: Nicotine, Nicotine, How Do We Ingest Thee?

    by Anne Landman — December 4, 2007 - 1:51pm

    Nicosphere3000Tobacco companies aren't the only ones who are trying to find new and creative ways to get nicotine into people's bodies.

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    TobaccoWiki.org

    Cosmetics Industry Group Gives Itself a Makeover

    by Diane Farsetta — December 3, 2007 - 2:25pm

    "What has been known for more than three decades as the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association now has a new name, the Personal Care Products Council, and with a new persona comes a fact-laden product safety Web site designed to win consumer trust," reports Women's Wear Daily. The changes come after cosmetics safety studies and pressure campaigns by public health and environmental groups.

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    Women's Wear Daily, November 28, 2007
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