Perk Poppers
Submitted by Bob Burton on
Ben Goldacre, a London-based doctor and writer, was a little "surprised" by a recent offer posted in an email on a science writers' mailing list.
No
Marketing
Lobbying for Babykillers
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
Babies that are not breast fed suffer higher rates of health problems including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), diabetes, lymphoma, leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, obesity, high cholesterol and asthma. Unfortunately, many parents are still unaware of these risks, thanks to the infant formula industry.
No
Main Source:
Featured Participatory Project: Help Expose the Attempts to Spin Wikipedia (Week 2)
Submitted by Conor Kenny on
Last week we started a new participatory project to expose the government agencies, corporations and lobbying groups that have been censoring, whitewashing or otherwise spinning Wikipedia. (See CMD Senior Researcher Diane Farsetta's great blog post for some background on this sordid tale.) So far we've logged several attempts at spin into the respective SourceWatch profiles, including:
Yes
Bush's Surgeon General of Industry-Friendly Spin
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"White House officials viewed former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona as a public relations tool, pushing him to make political appearances and promote the Bush administration's agenda while he was in office, according to a series of executive branch e-mails released yesterday by Sen.
No
Main Source:
Fake Green Certification Backfires
Submitted by Bob Burton on
The Australian supermarket company Woolworths has withdrawn a range of tissue products after being outed by an anonymous blogger for using a "Sustainable Forest Fibre" logo on products sourced from a notorious Indonesian forestry company.
No
Main Source:
Topics:
My Bucks Are Beautiful to P&G
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The biggest U.S. advertiser, Procter & Gamble, is launching "a new multibrand campaign called 'My Black Is Beautiful,'" reports Advertising Age.
No
Main Source:
A Spoonful of Distraction Helps the Drug Ads Sell More
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will study whether direct-to-consumer drug ads "distract consumers from carefully considering and encoding risk information," reports AP.
No
Main Source:
Beyond Petroleum, But Still Big on Ammonia and Soot
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The oil and energy company BP recently received "a permit from the state of Indiana to dump more toxic discharges from its Whiting, Ind., refinery into Lake Michigan," reports Advertising Age. The permit, "which allows BP to dump 54% more ammonia and 35% more suspended solids" in the Great Lake, has "enraged" Chicago officials.
No
Main Source:
GM Goodies Result in Radio Mentions, FCC Complaint
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission, objecting to
No
Main Source:
McDonald's Advised to Fight or Fess Up
Submitted by Bob Burton on
McDonald's has been criticized by PR professionals for its response to the recent study by Stanford University School of Medicine and the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital which found that young children preferred foods associated with the company's packaging.
No
Main Source:
Topics:
Pages
