Think Tanks

Think Tank Talks Up Telecom Immunity

by Diane Farsetta — February 1, 2008 - 4:57pm

The Democratic think tank / advocacy group Third Way has been working with Senate Democrats to help sell a controversial measure granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies, reports Matt Renner.

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Truthout, January 31, 2008

Russia Dolls Up Its Image with New Groups

by Diane Farsetta — January 30, 2008 - 3:13pm

The Russian government, upset at criticism from such foreign-funded organizations as the U.S. think tank Freedom House, is turning the tables.

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Associated Press, January 28, 2008

The Fakest Time of the Year: The 2007 Falsies Awards

by Diane Farsetta — December 7, 2007 - 9:50am
  • Topics: Activism, Global Warming, Corporations, Health, Media, Pharmaceuticals, Propaganda, Public Relations, Science, Think Tanks, U.S. Government, War / Peace, Women

    • Ladies and gentlemen, this is the year that the Falsies Awards have truly arrived!

    Here at the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), we've dearly treasured our Falsies since we gave the first awards out in 2004. After 12 months of reporting on the cynical, manipulative and just plain anti-democratic pollution of our information environment, we love adding an extra dash of humor to our work. But this year's Falsies Awards are extra super special.

    Wolfowitz Rides Again with Bush/Cheney

    by John Stauber — December 6, 2007 - 12:08pm

    Bill Berkowitz reports that Paul Wolfowitz "has been offered a position as chairman of the International Security Advisory Board -- formerly known as the Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board -- a prestigious State Department pane

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    Media Transparency, December 6, 2007

    Kentucky Officials Treated to a Global Warming Snow Job

    by Diane Farsetta — November 29, 2007 - 2:39pm

    "You can only hear that the sky is falling so many times," said Kentucky Representative Jim Gooch, explaining why he only invited global warming skeptics with no scientific background to address state legislators on climate issues.

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    Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky), November 15, 2007

    Bringing the Heat on Warming

    by Sheldon Rampton — November 20, 2007 - 4:00pm

    The Heartland Institute website accuses Gore of a "snowjob" on global warming.Chicago Sun-Times Business Editor Dan Miller, who previously

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    Chicago Tribune, November 18, 2007

    Unlocking One Think Tank's Oily Secrets

    by Diane Farsetta — November 15, 2007 - 5:29pm

    Why would the John Locke Foundation, a "conservative North Carolina-based think tank" launch a "series of scathing attacks" against the Center for Climate Strategies (CCS), a Pennsylvania-based "nonprofit group of scientists, engineers, business strategists and policy experts who guide states in figuring out how to best reduce greenhouse gas pollution"?

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    Facing South (Institute for Southern Studies blog), November 13, 2007

    U.S. Does Democracy Demotion in Iran

    by Diane Farsetta — October 18, 2007 - 2:26pm

    "The United States has begun a $75-million program to promote democracy by supporting Iranian NGO's [non-governmental organizations]," write Haleh Esfandiari and Robert Litwak. "That program, coupled with loose talk about regime change ...

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    Chronicle of Higher Education, October 19, 2007

    Well-Connected Skeptics Behind UK Attack on Global Warming Film

    by Diane Farsetta — October 15, 2007 - 4:43pm

    The school governor who challenged the screening of Al Gore's climate change documentary in secondary schools was funded by a Scottish quarrying magnate who established a controversial lobbying group to attack environmentalists' claims about

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    The Observer (UK), October 14, 2007
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