Public Relations

Front Group Claims Owls Learning to Love Logging

by Bob Burton — February 22, 2006 - 4:35am

Spotted Owl Source: Sierra Club

The Executive Director of the Evergreen Foundation, James Peterson, argues in a Wall Street Journal opinion article that the decline of the spotted owl in the U.S.

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Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), February 18, 2006

The Devil Is in the Lack of Details: The Defense Department's Media Contracts

by Diane Farsetta — February 21, 2006 - 6:02pm
  • Topics: Democracy, Ethics, Propaganda, Public Relations, U.S. Government, War / Peace

    • Although they've done their best to keep their spinning from public scrutiny, several major incidents have exposed the Bush administration's manipulation of news media: The "sell job" for the invasion of Iraq. Payola pundits Armstrong Williams, Maggie Gallagher and Michael McManus. Stooge "reporter" Jeff Gannon / James Guckert. Video news releases determined to be covert propaganda by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO).

    Rumsfeld: Gee, Propaganda Is Wrong

    by Diane Farsetta — February 21, 2006 - 4:53pm

    In "his most specific comments thus far about the information operations program," U.S.

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    Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2006

    The Fishy Funder That Almost Got Away

    by Bob Burton — February 18, 2006 - 4:15pm

    In October 2005 the American Journal of Preventive Medicine published an article by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis assessing the relative risks and benefits of changes in fish consumption. The U.S.

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    New York Times, February 15, 2006

    Kucinich Calls for Docs on Iraq War 'Sell Job'

    by Diane Farsetta — February 17, 2006 - 11:56am

    Kucinich addresses the United Nations

    Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduced a Resolution of Inquiry, demanding from the White Hou

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    O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), February 17, 2006

    "True Spin": An Oxymoron or a Lofty Goal?

    by Diane Farsetta — February 13, 2006 - 6:50pm
  • Topics: Left Wing, Activism, Journalism, Public Relations

    • "Officials from giant corporations meet all the time to share their latest and greatest PR strategies," read the conference website. "Now it's our turn."

    On February 2 and 3, some 180 people attended the True Spin Conference in Denver, Colorado, which was billed as "a PR conference for progressives." The event was organized by CauseCommunications, a small Denver PR firm whose clients have included Ben Cohen's Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, Winona LaDuke's Honor the Earth, and The Progressive magazine.

    Shell's Greenwash Stunt: Driving Around (Some of) the World

    by Diane Farsetta — February 10, 2006 - 12:28pm

    Nigerian author and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa

    "In a bid to underline its 'green' credentials, Shell is currently sending a fleet of Volkswagen Golfs in [Aro

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    The Independent (UK), February 10, 2006

    Iraq PR: Same as it Ever Was

    by Diane Farsetta — February 9, 2006 - 11:05am

    The PR firm Burson-Marsteller's lobbying unit, BKSH & Associates, "has added the Republic of Iraq to its client roster," reports O'Dwyer's.

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    O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), February 9, 2006
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