Another Nuclear Shill in Lamb's Clothing
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Unilever: "Viva Marketing!"
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The multinational consumer product company Unilever "has launched ViveMejor, a multimedia marketing initiative that targets the Hispanic community" in the U.S. The PR firm Edelman's multicultural practice is heading communications for the campaign. The campaign includes a magazine, "distributed for free at grocery stores and online ...
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What's Fair in Coverage of RCTV Shutdown?
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Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) is criticizing U.S.
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Has the Internet Changed the Propaganda Model?
In their groundbreaking 1988 book, Manufacturing Consent, professors Ed Herman and Noam Chomsky not only explained, but documented with extensive case studies, how mass media and public opinion are shaped in a democracy. Twenty years later, can their "propaganda model" still be used to explain modern media distortions? That was one of the main questions discussed last week at a conference in Windsor, Ontario, titled "20 Years of Propaganda?" Organized by Dr. Paul Boin, the conference drew hundreds of scholars and activists including myself, and more than 1,000 people attended a closing speech by Chomsky on May 17.
I Don't Want My Pharma TV
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"Amid strenuous lobbying across Europe" to end restrictions on direct-to-consumer drug advertising, four pharmaceutical companies are considering launching their own television station.
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Reach Out and Misuse Someone's Name
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GM Moves from Fake News to Fake Opinions
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Mother's Day: A Great Hook for Fake News
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Invasion of the Franchise Snatchers
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While "attending an open meeting of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities," Bruce Kushnick saw "something odd. Three guys are standing in the back by the exit door and they keep shaking the hands of the speakers, most of whom testified that Verizon should get a new, statewide franchise." The three guys were Verizon employees, and many of the speakers were from groups that receive Verizon funding. Such telecom astroturf is spreading, warns Kushnick.
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Not-So-Free Iraq Media Plans Released
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The nonprofit research group National Security Archive has posted online a U.S.
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