Think Tanks

Hey, FOX - Google Much?

by John Stauber — May 19, 2006 - 2:37am

We appreciate News Hounds, the folks who "watch Fox so you don't have to." The website noted that "Fox News left out some crucial information in a report about the Washington premiere of Al Gore's film on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth -- like the fact that think tanks c

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News Hounds, May 18, 2006

Can You Feel the Love?

by Judith Siers-Poisson — March 28, 2006 - 6:26pm

Slate.com's Senior Writer Timothy Noah kicked off their new Hot Documents feature with a series of emails between disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff and Amy Ridenour, Executive Director of the right-wing National Center for Public Policy Research.

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Slate.com

Perusing Peru's News for Political Clues

by Diane Farsetta — February 10, 2006 - 11:03am

"The lack of transparency in politics in general and in media in particular is huge in this country," said the director of the government-supported Peruvian organization Citizen Participation. "Like everywhere else in the world, the big owners of communication chains aren't absolutely neutral or transparent.

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Associated Press, February 10, 2006

Iraq PR: Same as it Ever Was

by Diane Farsetta — February 9, 2006 - 10:05am

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

Think Tanks' Compassionate Conservatism

by Bob Burton — January 10, 2006 - 6:44pm

As the toll mounts from U.S. political scandals, think tanks have provided new homes to some of the fallen. The Hudson Institute has appointed I.

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Hudson Institute Media Release, January 6, 2006

The Unseen Hand of the Marketplace of Ideas

by Sheldon Rampton — December 25, 2005 - 4:13pm

"Susan Finston of the Institute for Policy Innovation, a conservative research group based in Texas, is just the sort of opinion maker coveted by the drug industry," writes Philip Shenon. "In an opinion article in The Financial Times on Oct. 25, she called for patent protection in poor countries for drugs and biotechnology products.

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New York Times, December 23, 2005

Academic Freedom Ain't What It Used to Be

by Laura Miller — October 24, 2005 - 3:49pm
  • Topics: Right Wing, Education, Think Tanks

    • This summer the Wisconsin-based staff of the Center for Media and Democracy had the pleasure of working with Molly Riordan, an Ithaca College student, who came out to Madison to be our intern. A smart and politically engaged student, Riordan quickly took to our work, adding and editing numerous articles on SourceWatch, our collaborative online encyclopedia of the people, issues and groups shaping public opinion and public policy.

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    I suggested that she write an article on something of interest to her. What resulted was the cover story for the third quarter issue (now available online) of our award-winning quarterly publication PR Watch. In her article "Academic Freedom Takes a Step to the Right," Riordan takes a look at Students for Academic Freedom, a conservative organization with over a hundred campus chapters that claims to promote "academic diversity." Closer examination of SAF reveals its close affiliation with "Marxist-turned-conservative activist" David Horowitz and a pattern of only identifying cases involving conservative students resisting alleged "leftist indoctrination."

    A Wish List for Australian Conservatives

    by Bob Burton — October 17, 2005 - 2:21pm

    Reviewing the state of Australian conservativism, Jason Briant, a Research Fellow at the corporate funded think tank the Institute of Public Affairs, argues conservatives need to "become better organised".

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    The Australian, October 17, 2005
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