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Comcast Pushes Public out of Internet Debate

by Anne Landman — March 3, 2008 - 12:15pm


Free Press video about the hearing

Cable and Internet giant Comcast

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Associated Press, February 26, 2008

Update on the Wikleaks Case

by Judith Siers-Poisson — February 28, 2008 - 2:49pm

As CMD recently reported, a federal judge ordered the Wikleaks website shut down. The site allows whistleblowers to post documents anonymously.

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Wired, February 27, 2008

Fake vs. Fakes

by Sheldon Rampton — February 21, 2008 - 7:48am

In a Youtube video, "Heidi Cee" lamented the loss of her Coach handbag, compared product counterfeiting to ter

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Ben Kessler's blog, February 19, 2008

Telecom War on Net Neutrality

by Sheldon Rampton — February 20, 2008 - 10:32pm

"Telecommunications industry groups have attacked a new bill calling for government regulators to take a closer look at how broadband providers manage their networks," reports Kenneth Corin. "The Internet Freedom Preservation Act, introduced earlier this week by Rep.

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Enterprise Networking Planet, February 15, 2008

Bank Case Proves Information Wants to Be Free

by Diane Farsetta — February 20, 2008 - 4:40pm

"In a move that legal experts said could present a major test of First Amendment rights in the Internet area, a federal judge in San Francisco ... ordered the disabling of a Web site devoted to disclosing confidential information." The site, Wikileaks, allows people to anonymously post documents and other information. The judge's order disabled the site's U.S.

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New York Times, February 20, 2008

Microsoft Tells Students: We Have Rights Too, You Know

by Diane Farsetta — February 14, 2008 - 10:17am

"Education is the key to stemming illegal downloads of music and other content," concluded a new study.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), February 13, 2008

James Glassman: The Journalist Turned Journo-lobbyist's Bid to Be PR Czar

by Diane Farsetta — January 31, 2008 - 5:23pm
  • Topics: Internet, Iraq, Front Groups, Terrorism, Public Diplomacy, U.S. Congress, International, Politics, Propaganda, U.S. Government

    • James Glassman, the nominee for Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, probably won't have much of an impact on how the United States presents itself to the rest of the world.

    For one thing, he'll only have 11 months in the post. For another -- as his predecessor Karen Hughes proved -- putting shinier lipstick on the pig of U.S. foreign policy doesn't do much to assuage widespread anti-American sentiment. Still, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's January 30 hearing on Glassman's nomination provided some insight into Washington's evolving view of public diplomacy.

    CMD and Consumer Reports WebWatch Launch Full Frontal Scrutiny

    by Judith Siers-Poisson — January 29, 2008 - 1:42pm
  • Topics: Astroturf, Internet, Front Groups, Third Party Technique, Corporations, Democracy, Environment, Health, Pharmaceuticals, Public Relations, Science, Secrecy, Tobacco

    • "The American public deserves to know when someone is trying to persuade them." — U.S. Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Thursday, January 17, 2008

    Front Groups Beware of Full Frontal Scrutiny

    Today, the Center for Media and Democracy and our partners at Consumer Reports WebWatch launched an exciting new project: Full Frontal Scrutiny. The site seeks to shine a light on front groups -- organizations that state a particular agenda, while hiding or obscuring their identity, membership or sponsorship, or all three. Google the term "front groups" and the number one return is CMD's extensive articles on its SourceWatch site.

    Motor Mouths

    by Sheldon Rampton — January 27, 2008 - 4:32pm

    The Hotrodders.com website has launched a satirical spinoff, SpankMyMarketer.com, aimed at exposing "illegal stealth marketing" on behalf of companies including General Motors, Holley, Comp Cams and Dynomax, which they say has been posted on theirs and other auto-related websites.

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    SpankMyMarketer.com
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