Think Tanks

Playing the Anti-Consumer Card

by Diane Farsetta — March 23, 2007 - 4:15pm

University of California at Berkeley senior staff attorney and senior fellow at the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Chris Hoofnagle writes, "In my work on consumer protection, I have begun to recognize patterns" in the actions and arguments of corporations and

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Denialism.com, February 9, 2007

Pakistan People's Party Plans U.S. Lobbying Campaign

by Bob Burton — March 23, 2007 - 4:22am

In February the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) hired BKSH & Associates, Burson-Marsteller and the polling company Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates, to promote the need for "free, open and transparent elections in Pakistan in 2007." The contract, which runs to June 2007, could be worth as much as $250,000.

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The Hill, March 20, 2007

The Corporate Art of Creating a Crisis

by Bob Burton — March 20, 2007 - 6:37pm
  • Topics: Activism, Crisis Management, Issue Management, Children, Corporations, Democracy, Think Tanks

    • By all indications, Mark McInnes is a smart cookie.

    Public Relations: The International Language

    by Diane Farsetta — March 19, 2007 - 2:39pm

    "Overseas political groups are increasingly seeking to raise their legitimacy and sell their agendas in their home countries through communications outreach to US politicians, media, think tanks, and other influential audiences," writes PR Week.

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    PR Week, March 16, 2007

    "Public Intellectuals" Don't Come Cheap

    by Sheldon Rampton — March 13, 2007 - 12:02am

    After billionaire insurance mogul Maurice "Hank" Greenberg was charged with fraud and insurance and securities violations, he hired the eSapience PR firm — whose executives include the dean of MIT's Sloan School of Management — to buff up his image. Now eSapience is suing Greenberg for unpaid bills.

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    Boston Globe, March 10, 2007

    The Gori Truth: Tobacco Industry Payments to Toxicologist Undisclosed

    by Anne Landman — February 12, 2007 - 5:27pm

    As part of a program to give voice to a select group of think tanks, on January 30 the Washington Post printed an article by toxicologist and epidemiologist Gio Batta Gori, titled "The Bogus 'Science' of Secondhand Smoke." Gori claims that many published studies on the health hazards of secondhand smoke are based on

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    Washington Post, January 30, 2007

    Bush Plans Post-Presidential Think Tank

    by Bob Burton — January 10, 2007 - 11:26pm

    Supporters of George W. Bush are aiming to raise $500 million to establish a presidential library at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. While presidential libraries are run by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, establishment costs have to be raised privately.

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    Media Transparency, January 10, 2007

    Hot Times with Exxon

    by Sheldon Rampton — January 5, 2007 - 11:00pm

    A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows how Exxon Mobil has funneled nearly $16 million to a network of 43 organizations that have clouded public understanding of global warming and delayed action on the issue.

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    Union of Concerned Scientists, January 3, 2007

    A Euro for Your Thoughts

    by Sheldon Rampton — December 8, 2006 - 2:33pm

    A new survey undertaken by the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) finds that most think tanks in the European Union fail to disclose their funding sources, which is also kept secret by the large corporations that provide much of their financial support.

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    Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), December 2006
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