USDA Officials Asked to Spread Iraq Manure
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On May 2, a U.S.
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Covert Recruiting Video in Schools, on Planes and TV
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United Airlines' new in-flight video "was produced and funded by the Department of Defense -- a fact passengers do not learn from wat
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Chertoff Proposes Disaster Embedding
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"Reporters will be embedded with the government during natural disasters, according to a plan outlined by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at the Radio-Television News Directors Association convention
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Lincoln Group Work In Iraq "Completely Inept"
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O'Dwyers PR Daily reports that Bill Dixon and Laurie Adler, who handled PR for the Lincoln Group which gained notoriety for using Pentagon funds to plant news articles in Iraqi newspapers, have jumped ship. Dixon only started with the company in January while Adler served as the company's main spokesman.
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Television Stations Respond... And It's Worse Than You Think
One news director says, "I have been instructed by corporate not to talk to you."
Hours after the Center for Media and Democracy released our study on television stations' widespread and undisclosed use of corporate video news releases (VNRs), a major organization of broadcast news executives issued its response.
"The Radio-Television News Directors Association strongly urges station management to review and strengthen their policies requiring complete disclosure of any outside material used in news programming," read the statement. RTNDA went on to caution that decisions involving "when and how to identify sources ... must remain far removed from government involvement or supervision."
Unfortunately, RTNDA's statement conflates "sources" with broadcast material funded by and produced for outside parties. It also conveniently ignores that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, under its authority to regulate broadcasters' use of the public airwaves, already has disclosure requirements (PDF) on the books. But RTNDA's stance does point to an important, underlying issue: how to ensure both news audiences' right to know "who seeks to influence them," and the editorial freedom of newsrooms.
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Government PR: A Growth Industry
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), which acquires products and services on behalf of federal agencies, is "actively soliciting proposals from PR firms to be added to its list of pre-qualified contractors," reports O'Dwyer's.
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U.S. Army Reserves PR Help
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Management Analysis Technologies, a small Virginia-based marketing and consulting firm owned by a Vietnam veteran, won "a competitive review to advise the Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve on its strategic communications," reports O'Dwyer's.
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White House Will Be Scott-Free
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"White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said Wednesday he is stepping down, while President Bush's top presidential adviser Karl Rove is giving up his policy portfolio," reports FOX News and Associated Press. McClellan will leave the White House in two to three weeks.
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