Front Groups

Vietnam, Re-revisited

by John Stauber — August 19, 2004 - 11:00pm

John Kerry called the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth group "a front for the Bush campaign." The New York Times' in-depth report on the group finds "a web of connections to the Bush family, high-profile Tex

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New York Times, August 20, 2004

The Presidential Race Card

by Diane Farsetta — August 10, 2004 - 11:00pm

"A Washington nonprofit group with ties to the Republican Party is airing radio ads ... asking if U.S. Senator John Kerry takes 'the black community for granted?'" The group, People of Color United, was founded last week by DC Parents For School Choice, which supports school vouchers.

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Philadelphia Daily News, August 11, 2004

When Vets Attack

by Diane Farsetta — August 4, 2004 - 11:00pm

"A group of Vietnam veterans has bought television time in three swing states for an advertisement that attacks Senator John Kerry, accusing him of lying about his war record, including the circumstances surrounding his medals, and betraying his comrades by later opposing the war." The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is a

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New York Times, August 5, 2004

Mine, All Mine

by Diane Farsetta — July 29, 2004 - 11:00pm

Montana's citizen-passed ban on cyanide leach mining may be repealed in a November initiative supported by the group Miners, Merchants and Montanans for Jobs and Economic Opportunity. The group receives almost all of its funding from Colorado's Canyon Resources Corp.

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Associated Press, July 30, 2004

CSE, Nader and the Hidden Power of the Brothers Koch

by John Stauber — July 14, 2004 - 11:00pm

Center for Public Integrity examines the hidden power of the Koch brothers, the billionaires who launched the corporate front group Citizens for a Sound Economy. "CSE has found itself in hot water in recent weeks over charges it has been working illegally to get consumer activist Ralph Nader on the presidential ballot in Oregon.

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Center for Public Integrity, July 15, 2004

Armey's Army Marches for Nader

by John Stauber — July 12, 2004 - 11:00pm

"Citizens for a Sound Economy, a national organization led by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R., Texas), is widening its efforts to help presidential candidate Ralph Nader get on the ballot in pivotal states.

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Institute for Public Accuracy news release, July 13, 2004

Responsible to Whom?

by Diane Farsetta — July 11, 2004 - 11:00pm

"A little known U.S. group headed by an advisor to President George W.

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Agence France-Presse, July 12, 2004

The List

by Sheldon Rampton — June 30, 2004 - 7:42pm

"Perhaps no list of reporters has commanded such attention in Washington since Richard Nixon compiled his enemies list more than thirty years ago," writes Douglas McCollam, discussing the reporters whose names and phone numbers appear in a confidential July 2002 memorandum from the Iraqi National Congress (INC). The memo lists 108 news stories that were influenced by INC-supplied defectors.

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Columbia Journalism Review, June/July 2004

When Think Tanks Attack

by Sheldon Rampton — June 26, 2004 - 1:30pm

Australian blogger Tim Lambert has taken a closer look at some of the think tanks that have emerged as critics of open source software, which threatens Microsoft's position in the marketplace. "Why are all these think tanks so down on Open Source?" Lambert asks. "Well, the Small Business Survival Committee is concerned that using open source will expose small business to the risk of lawsuits.

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http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/blog/computers/tanks.html

Corporate Front Group Supporting Ralph Nader

by John Stauber — June 24, 2004 - 11:00pm

Citizens for a Sound Economy, a right-wing corporate front group opposed to everything Ralph Nader has struggled for, is working hard to help his 2004 presidential campaign in an effort to defeat John Kerry. "'Ralph Nader is undoubtedly going to pull some very crucial votes from John Kerry, and that could mean the difference in a razor-thin presidential election,' reads a script used by Citizens for a Sound Economy in its phone calls [to Republicans in the state of Oregon].

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The Oregonian, June 25, 2004
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