Issue Management

Toyota: Mean and Not So Green?

by Anne Landman — April 25, 2008 - 12:20pm

As a manufacturer of gas/electric hybrid cars, Toyota has enjoyed a public image as an environmentally responsible company. Toyota runs television ads playing up the "green" appeal of its Prius hybrid.

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Corporate Accountability International, April 25, 2008

A Not-So-Candid CAMERA

by Diane Farsetta — April 23, 2008 - 11:39am

CAMERA, a lobby group that campaigns against criticism of the Israeli government in U.S. media, had a campaign to impact Wikipedia's coverage of Israel and Palestine issues.

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Electronic Intifada, April 21, 2008

Extinguishing Media Coverage of Olympic Torch Protests

by Bob Burton — April 22, 2008 - 11:07pm

Pro-Tibet groups plan protests when the Olympic Torch procession gets to Canberra, the Australian capital, but the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) has taken pre-emptive steps to minimize unfavourable media coverage.

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The Australian, April 22, 2008

Audit Reveals the PR Machine Behind Canadian Global Warming Skeptics

by Bob Burton — April 21, 2008 - 1:04am

An audit review (pdf) of over $507,000 (Canadian) contributed to two University of Calgary "research accounts" has revealed that C$123,427 was routed to Friends of Science (FoS) -- a group lobbying the Canadian government against taking action on global warming.

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University of Calgary, April 14, 2008

King Coal Gets Green Help Down Under

by Diane Farsetta — April 16, 2008 - 12:51pm

"In a public relations coup for the coal industry," the Australian Coal Association is working with "two prominent environment groups, WWF and the Climate Institute, and the miners' union, to call on the

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The Sydney Morning Herald, April 15, 2008

Spinners Queue Up to Help China

by Bob Burton — April 11, 2008 - 3:16am

The Free Tibet Campaign in the UK has warned that "any PR agency that is trying to assist China in its twisted distortion of the truth would be potentially exposing itself to protests outside its offices." Despite this, PR Week reports that Ogilvy,

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PR Week (UK), April 10, 2008

China Seeks PR Firm to Smooth over Protests

by Bob Burton — April 7, 2008 - 11:50pm

Olympic Torch Protest in ParisIn the wake of the widespread protests in Tibet and growing protests along the route of the Olympic Torch Relay, the Chinese government

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Financial Times, April 3, 2008

It's Not Your Grandfather's Oil Industry

by Diane Farsetta — March 24, 2008 - 3:04pm

The oil industry's "nationwide publicity drive to clear up what it calls 'common and surprising misperceptions'" about its record-breaking profits continues.

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Rocky Mountain News (Colorado), March 22, 2008
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