Right Wing

Murdoch Seeks "Conservation-Minded Conservatives"

by Bob Burton — December 8, 2009 - 1:36pm

James Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive, Europe and Asia of News Corporation and son of media baron Rupert Murdoch, wants American conservatives to embrace the need for an energy policy that promotes energy efficiency and low-carbon technologies.

Main Source: 
Washington Post, December 4, 2009

Expensive Tastes

by Bob Burton — December 7, 2009 - 12:31am

The British Conservative Party is offering major donors the "opportunity to discuss the party's PR strategy" in the run up to the 2010 general election. As part of its fundraising strategy, donors which contribute over £50,000 a year become members of the Leader's Group. An email leaked to PR Week reveals that Leader's Group members are offered the option of having lunch with Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, following Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.

Main Source: 
PR Week UK, December 3, 2009

Anti-Immigration Skeptic Heads for Copenhagen

by Bob Burton — November 30, 2009 - 4:25am

Nick Griffin, the leader of the anti-immigration British National Party (BNP), has been selected as one of the 15 representatives chosen to speak on behalf of the European Union at the COP15 conference in Copenhagen. The conference aims to reach agreement on a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol.

Main Source: 
The Observer, November 29, 2009

Chamber of Commerce Launches Massive "American Free Enterprise" Campaign

by Mary Bottari — October 16, 2009 - 11:59am
  • Topics: Right Wing, Corporations, Propaganda

    • What do Americans need most right now? Jobs. If you wanted Americans to buy your snake oil, what would you promise them right now? Why, jobs of course, even though the snake oil being peddled is the very thing that sank the economy in the first place.

    Wall Street Journal Becomes "Top" U.S. Paper: Memories of Memogate and Manny Miranda

    by Lisa Graves — October 15, 2009 - 9:14am
  • Topics: Right Wing, Journalism

    • The Associated Press reported this weekend that new figures show that the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has become the top circulated paper in the United States, toppling USA Today which had a 17% decline in circulation in the first half of 2009. USA Today still has a bigger print circulation than the WSJ, at 1.88 million papers, but WSJ's 350,000 electronic subscribers put its total circulation at over 2 million a day.

    P.S. to the Tea Party Express

    by Diane Farsetta — September 15, 2009 - 3:13pm

    Just who is in the Tea Party movement? In the lead-up to the anti-health care reform, anti-Obama administration rally in Washington DC on September 12, the "Tea Party Express" bus tour held smaller, local rallies across the country.

    Main Source: 
    Connecticut Post, September 11, 2009

    Size Matters, Reality Doesn't

    by Diane Farsetta — September 15, 2009 - 1:55pm

    "Size matters," notes Columbia Journalism Review, in a post on the September 12 "Tea Party Express" rally in Washington DC (where some protester signs read, "Bury Obama Care with Kennedy").

    Main Source: 
    Columbia Journalism Review, September 14, 2009

    Americans for Prosperity - Slickest and Brightest of the Cash-Roots?

    by John Stauber — August 20, 2009 - 7:23am

    "As nearly 2,000 progressives made their way last weekend to Pittsburgh for the annual Netroots Nation conference, the right made its stand in the same town with a conference called RightOnline, sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, a group that has gained notoriety for its involvement in organizing seemingly grassroots opposition to health-care reform," reports Adele Stan.

    Main Source: 
    Alternet, August 20, 2009
    Syndicate content