Right Wing

Just Another Shill in the Marketplace of Ideas

by Diane Farsetta — January 11, 2005 - 1:41pm

"There is certainly no shortage of story angles to choose from," writes Laurie Spivak, about the revelation that Armstrong Williams was paid to promote the Bush administration's education policies.

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AlterNet, January 11, 2005

Norquist Dreams of Twelve More Years

by Bob Burton — December 23, 2004 - 11:11pm

Conservative activist Grover Norquist, from Americans for Tax Reform, told Australian Financial Review journalist Tony Walker that three of his political priorities – tort reform, curtailing political contributions from unions, and promoting free trade – would have the combined effect of weakening support for the

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Australian Financial Review, December 23, 2004. (Sub req

White House Astroturf For Social Security Phase Out

by Laura Miller — December 17, 2004 - 8:20pm

When White House Budget Director Joshua B. Bolten introduced a "single mom" from Iowa to promote President Bush's plan to dismantle Social Security, she was presented as one of the "regular folks" in favor of private savings accounts. But Sandra Jaques, who addressed a White House economics conference on Thursday, "is not any random single mother," the New York Times' Edmund Andrews wrote.

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New York Times, December 17, 2004

Rage Against the Machine

by Sheldon Rampton — December 8, 2004 - 8:20pm

After Philadelphia radio reporter Rachel Buchman couldn't get a right-wing website to stop sending her spam emails, she phoned their office and left an angry message that got her fired. "I acted in anger, and that was wrong," she admits, but we looked into the background of the site's owner and found a long history of scandal and cynical PR opportunism that ought to make you angry too.

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Philadelphia Weekly, December 8-14, 2004

Swiftvets Ponder Their Next Mission

by Diane Farsetta — November 24, 2004 - 12:00am

Chris LaCivita, formerly a paid political consultant for the anti-Kerry 527 group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, said the group "is pondering its next step" but "will remain a potent force." LaCavita told The Hill that "one possibility is that the Swiftvets will become a full-time

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The Hill, November 24, 2004

Learning from the Winners

by Diane Farsetta — November 15, 2004 - 12:00am

The Center for Media and Democracy's John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton write, "Republican successes have not come quickly or easily. For more than four decades, conservatives have worked to build a network of grassroots organizations and think tanks that formulate and promote their ideas. They are now enjoying the fruits of this long-term investment." The right wing "has simply done a better job than anyone else of organizing from the grassroots up.

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AlterNet, November 15, 2004

The Post-Election Selection, on K Street

by Diane Farsetta — November 4, 2004 - 12:00am

"After convincing Election Day wins ... Republican leaders can continue to try to repopulate Washington's famous lobbying corridor," K Street, "with their brethren," reports The Hill.

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The Hill, November 4, 2004

Always Fair and Balanced, Always

by Diane Farsetta — November 2, 2004 - 12:00am

One group isn't too happy about the predicted high voter turnout: retailers. "Election Day is a lousy shopping day," notes USA Today. But "retailers are searching for ways to nudge folks out. ...

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USA Today, November 2, 2004

A 72-Hour Plan, 30 Years in the Making

by Diane Farsetta — October 25, 2004 - 11:00pm

In an article (which draws from Disinfopedia and echoes Banana Republicans) anticipating the Republican Party's "72-hour plan" before the election, Joshua Holland writes, "Public relations firms like [Richard] Viguerie's have played an important and growing role in the popular conservative movement - you might call it

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AlterNet, October 26, 2004

Florida Readies for a Political Storm

by Diane Farsetta — October 24, 2004 - 11:00pm

"A bipartisan deployment of lawyers and legal challenges in the run-up to Election Day" has prompted the Republican Party to bolster its PR and media work, reports PR Week.

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PR Week (sub. req'd.), October 25, 2004
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