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"The American economy has officially entered what promises to be the worst recession since the early 1980s and, conceivably, the worst since World War II," writes economist Robert J. Samuelson. "But you'd hardly know from the media, which have treated the economic story as a sideshow. ... Editors have subconsciously delegated their jobs to Wall Street," which refuses to stop hyping over-valued stocks. "Editors would no doubt resent being cast as Wall Street's lackeys. But that is the effect."

"A new era of PR knowledge has opened with the creation of a searchable database of everything on the O'Dwyer website starting Jan. 1, 2001," proclaimed leading PR trade publisher Jack O'Dwyer. "The search engine will find any name or group of words in a few moments from among the hundreds of thousands of words placed on the website since Jan. 1, 2001." PR practioners and activist alike will be able to take advantage of the on-line resource.