First Soda, Now School Junk Food: Clinton Deal Claims Lower-Cal Crunch
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"Kids will buy what they want.
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Accuracy of Report on Video News Releases Affirmed: CMD Issues Full Rebuttal of RTNDA Claims
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) released a full rebuttal of claims made against its April 2006 report, "Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed." The report tracked television stations' use of video news releases (VNRs). The report documented 77 television stations airing VNRs or related materials; not once did stations disclose the client behind the segment. Recently, the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), through the law and lobby firm Wiley Rein & Fielding, issued a critique of CMD’s report that misrepresented and distorted the substance of the report. CMD's full, point-by-point rebuttal of RTNDA's critique is available online at: www.prwatch.org/node/5282.
Rebuttal of the Radio-Television News Directors Association's "Fake TV News" Report Critique
On October 5, 2006, the Wiley Rein & Fielding law and lobby firm filed an appeal with the U.S.
FCC Names Obesity/Food Marketing Task Force
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Citing "a public health problem that will only get worse unless we take action," Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin announced a joint task force on child obesity.
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Defense Contractor Gets Defensive at Documentary
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McDonald's Chews Fat with "Independent" Obesity Researchers
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When previously spotted pitching in to help the cause of "independent" research involving its products, McDonald's Corp. asked a Connecticut nun to quickly issue an unfinished report about farm workers in order to help the fast food giant fight off a fair wage campaign by migrant tomato pickers.
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Korea's Happy Fun Free Trade Love Corner
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On September 1, the South Korean government established the "Korea-U.S.
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Will the Tiger Switch Think Tanks?
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Following sharp criticism from Britain's Royal Society, Exxon Mobil says it is reviewing which of the groups "that challenge the scientific validity of concerns about global warming" it will continue to fund.
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Net Neutrality Poll Far From Neutral Itself
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"Pollsters hired by Verizon Communications Inc. presented a study today that suggests consumers overwhelmingly reject 'net neutrality' ... but they support Alaska Sen.
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GolinHarris Aims To 'Leverage and Deflect' Activists
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Global PR firm GolinHarris has unveiled a range of new "practices and products," including one it has dubbed "Engage: Activist Issues Management." The firm explains, "In response to the growing influence of NGOs, GolinHarris has formalized its approach to leverage and deflect the influence of activists on issues ranging from the environment to animal welfare." In
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