Front Groups

Ben Santer Speaks (While "Global Climate Coalition" Slinks into History)

by Jonathan Rosenblum — August 14, 2006 - 1:46pm

It "was one of the most vicious attacks I have ever seen on the integrity of a scientist," says one scientist on how the energy industry used to treat federal global climate expert Ben Santer.

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Environmental Science & Technology Online News, August 9, 2006

More Net Neutrality Front Groups

by Sheldon Rampton — August 12, 2006 - 11:29am

Back in March, Common Cause released "Wolves in Sheep's Clothing," which detailed the activities of nine groups masquerading as think tanks and public interest organizations when in fact they were front groups for telephone and cable companies in the

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Common Cause, August 10, 2006

"Vets for Freedom" Fight for Rove and Lieberman

by John Stauber — August 11, 2006 - 11:03am
  • Topics: Iraq, Front Groups, Politics

    • The Republican lobby group Vets for Freedom is the 2006 equivalent of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the Republican 527 committee whose attack advertisements in battleground states helped sink John Kerry in the 2004 presidential race by smearing him as a pho

    VFF Loves GI Joe

    by John Stauber — August 11, 2006 - 7:48am

    Vets for Freedom is a 527 committee managed by Republican public relations and political consultants, including Taylor Gross, attempting to defeat candidates who advocate an end to the U.S.

    Main Source: 
    Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), August 10, 2006

    Rick Berman, Corporate Attack Dog for Hire

    by John Stauber — July 31, 2006 - 11:29am

    Rick Berman, the corporate lobbyist and front group king who runs Berman and Co. is probably smiling all the way to the bank, no doubt enjoying a prominent profile in USA Today headlined "Got a nasty fight?

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    USA Today, July 31, 2006

    Reynolds Tobacco Fills Front Groups' Coffers

    by Bob Burton — July 31, 2006 - 3:50am

    Reynolds American, the parent company of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, is spending approximately $40 million in an attempt to defeat anti-smoking ballot initiatives to be voted on in November. Part of the tobacco industry campaign involves having front groups promoting alternative measures to those proposed by tobacco control groups.

    Main Source: 
    The Detroit News, July 28, 2006

    Pro-War "Vets for Freedom" Tied to Bush's PR Team

    by John Stauber — June 25, 2006 - 10:11pm
  • Topics: Journalism, Iraq, Front Groups, Politics

    • Citizen journalists on SourceWatch have been investigating and exposing the many Republican connections and the partisan pro-war political agenda behind Vets for Freedom, a new organization with mysterious funding and a flashy website designed by Campaign Solutions, part of the Donatelli Group.

    Ethics All Clear for Election Front Group

    by Bob Burton — June 21, 2006 - 2:27am

    The Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) has dismissed an ethics complaint that a front group authorized by the Chief Executive of Corporate Communications Tasmania, Tony Harrison, breached the PR industry's self-regulator

    Main Source: 
    The Mercury, June 20, 2006
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