Proposed Bush Memorial May Become More than a Pipe Dream
Submitted by Anne Landman on
The Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is engaged in an effort to rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the "George W.
No
Main Source:
Politics
Charlie Black: Terror Attack, Advantage McCain
Submitted by Anne Landman on
Charles R. Black, Jr., a former lobbyist who is now a top adviser to Republican presidential candidate John McCain, commented in an interview with Fortune magazine that another terrorist attack inside the U.S.
No
Main Source:
Jeff Gannon, National Press Club member
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"If you ever wondered what happened to Jeff Gannon, the former conservative reporter whose questionable White House credentialing and ties to several sex Web sites forced him out of a job," he's an active member of the National Press Club.
No
Main Source:
Nearly Four Decades Later, U.S. Oil Companies Return to Iraq
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
Four oil companies are in the final stage of contract negotiations to regain drilling rights in Iraq -- thirty-six years after they lost them.
No
Main Source:
Gay Times for California's PR Industry
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
California is a hotbed for political messaging, as same-sex couples get married and conservative groups try to stop them with a November ballot initiative. Equality for All, a coalition supporting same-sex marriage, has hired Ogilvy PR Worldwide, the Democrat-leaning firm Dewey Square Group and the polling firm Lake Research Partners.
No
Main Source:
"Bad Apple" Theory Rotting
Submitted by Anne Landman on
The Bush administration has long held that overly-aggressive interrogation methods used on detainees in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay were the work of a few "bad apples." Now, an investigation being conducted
No
Main Source:
Topics:
A Jolly Bright Line for British Broadcasters
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
In his first major speech on broadcasting, British culture secretary Andy Burnham minced few words. "I think there are some lines that we should not cross," Burnham told a media industry meeting. "One of which is that you can buy the space between the programmes on commercial channels, but not the space within them. ...
No
Main Source:
More Than You Bargained for in Your Chicken
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has found that Tyson Foods routinely gave antibiotics to chicken it raised to sell as meat, and labeled it as antibiotic free.
No
Main Source:
Topics:
Obama, McCain Battle for the Mr. Clean Campaign Image
Submitted by John Stauber on
NPR reports that "Barack Obama, exerting his new power as leader of his party, has told the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to eschew all contributions from Washington lobbyists and political action committees (PACs). ...
No
Main Source:
Shifting Focus, Anti-Abortion Groups Oppose Contraception
Submitted by Anne Landman on
On June 7, the anti-abortion groups American Life League (ALL) and Pharmacists for Life launched a new national campaign called "Protest the Pill Day 08: The Pill Kills Babies." Their goal is to convince American women to stop using oral contraceptives, which they believe kill people.
No
Main Source:
Pages
