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Not-So-Revolutionary PR

by Bob Burton — April 27, 2007 - 7:31pm

In an interview with LobbyWatch, British journalist George Monbiot reviews the network of the key players from Living Marxism.

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LobbyWatch, April 11, 2007

The Appearance of an Independent Judiciary Goes Up in Smoke

by Anne Landman — March 23, 2007 - 2:44pm
  • Topics: Right Wing, Corporations, Lobbying, Tobacco, U.S. Government

    • Things are looking grimmer and grimmer for U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

    The scandal involving the firing of eight attorneys has led to accusations that Gonzales runs the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to suit the Bush administration's right-wing political ideology instead of to protect the interest of citizens. Now Sharon Eubanks, the lead attorney in DOJ's racketeering case against the major American tobacco companies, has emerged to provide further evidence of judicial rigging.

    Seven Papers Axe Coulter's Column

    by Bob Burton — March 10, 2007 - 5:09am

    In the last week at least seven newspapers have dropped the syndicated column of conservative firebrand Ann Coulter. Speaking at the American Conservative Union's annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.

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    Editor & Publisher, March 9, 2007

    Murdoch Columnist Wrote Speeches for Australian Minister

    by Bob Burton — February 26, 2007 - 6:14am

    A parliamentary committee reviewing government expenditures was informed that Christopher Pearson, a conservative columnist who writes on national politics an

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    Sydney Morning Herald, February 22, 2007

    Hypocritical Talk

    by Sheldon Rampton — January 19, 2007 - 4:22am

    "Spocko," an obscure blogger living in San Francisco, has shaken up some of the merchants of hate on right-wing KSFO-AM radio. For the past year, he has been e-mailing the station's advertisers with audio clips from its shows and asking sponsors to consider what they're supporting. Some sponsors have pulled their ads, after hearing clips like one of KSFO's Lee Rodgers suggesting that a protester be "stomped to death right there.

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    San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 2007

    Bush Plans Post-Presidential Think Tank

    by Bob Burton — January 10, 2007 - 11:26pm

    Supporters of George W. Bush are aiming to raise $500 million to establish a presidential library at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. While presidential libraries are run by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, establishment costs have to be raised privately.

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    Media Transparency, January 10, 2007

    Gleaming Jewels of Stupidity

    by Sheldon Rampton — January 7, 2007 - 11:11pm
  • Topics: Right Wing, Iraq, Politics

    • One of the things I like about writing books is the chance to read other peoples' reactions after they're written. After John Stauber and I wrote our latest book, The Best War Ever: Lies, Damned Lies and the Mess in Iraq, we posted an accompanying video on YouTube. The video has now been viewed more than 200,000 times, and people of various ideological persuasions have added their comments.

    In the last few days, the video page has seen a running debate between other YouTubians and a supporter of the war who identifies himself as a 35-year-old U.S. Army Captain. I find the debate interesting as an illustration of how desperately the war's supporters continue to recycle obvious falsehoods and long-discredited lies from the Bush administration.

    Book Ban Backfires

    by Bob Burton — November 23, 2006 - 5:59am

    The leader of the New Zealand National Party, Don Brash, has resigned in the wake of a party backlash over his attempt to ban a book by investigative journalist Nicky Hager. Last week Brash gained an injunction from the High Court of New Zealand banning anyone in the country from publishing the content of his emails. Hager's book, The Hollow Men: A Study in the Politics of Deception, was set to be released last Tuesday but was blocked by the injunction.

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    New Zealand Herald, November 23, 2006
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