Third Party Technique

U.S. Military Ponders Hiring or Hacking Bloggers

by Diane Farsetta — April 1, 2008 - 10:53am

"Hiring a block of bloggers to verbally attack a specific person or promote a specific message may be worth considering," suggests a 2006 study written for the U.S. military's Special Operations Command.

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Wired.com blog "Danger room," March 31, 2008

Sierra Club Bleaches Dissent on Clorox Deal

by Diane Farsetta — March 28, 2008 - 9:24am

In an unprecedented move by one of the Big Green environmental groups, the "Sierra Club's national board voted March 25 to remove the leaders of the Club's 35,000-member Florida chapter, and to suspend the Chapter for four years." What did the chapter do?

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Rachel's Democracy & Health News, March 27, 2008

Canada's Canned Conservative Calls

by Sheldon Rampton — March 27, 2008 - 11:15am

If you hear pro-Conservative Party callers to radio shows in Canada, their opinions "might not be as spontaneous as they sound," reports Alexander Panetta. "Some of those apparently ad-libbed musings are actually being choreographed at the Conservative Party of Canada's national headquarters.

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Globe and Mail, March 25, 2008

Imaging Study Leaves Tobacco Funding Out of the Picture

by Anne Landman — March 26, 2008 - 3:12pm

The lead author of the largest lung cancer screening study ever performed has come under fire for accepting cigarette company funding for the study. Dr.

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New York Times, March 26, 2008

Monsanto-Funded Front Group Fights Milk Labeling

by Anne Landman — March 10, 2008 - 4:33pm

A new "grassroots" farmers' group with close ties to Monsanto has been formed to outlaw labels that would notify consumers they are buying milk from cows not treated with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH). Monsanto genetically engineers rBGH, called Posilac, which is injected into cows, forcing them to produce more milk.

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New York Times, March 9, 2008
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