Conservation Con Game
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
Although their city hosted last month's White House conference on "cooperative conservation," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch isn't impressed.
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The Wave of the Future: From Tragedy to Far-Reaching Policy, in Less Than a Month
"Maybe something good can come from this hurricane," Senator Lindsey Graham (R - S.C.) told FOX News Sunday's Chris Wallace on September 18th.
Graham and Wallace were discussing the "torrent of federal spending" on relief and reconstruction projects in the Gulf coast states devastated by Hurricane Katrina that is "just exploding the deficit" (both Wallace's phrases). The Senator was advocating for budget cuts to balance the disaster spending, which is expected to total as much as $200 billion.
Propaganda, Iraq Style
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
Iraqis "find themselves under a propaganda bombardment from all sides," reports the Associated Press.
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Katrina's Environmental Secrets
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The Society of Environmental Journalists has criticized the government's "tight-lipped approach" in responding to requests for information about the toxic gumbo left by Hurricane Katrina. SEJ President Perry Beeman says the government is "denying the public crucial information collected with taxpayers' money on behalf of taxpayers in the first place. ...
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Playing the Blame Game
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
Jackson, Mississippi's Clarion-Ledger newspaper concluded, after obtaining an email the Justice Department sent to various U.S.
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Philippine President's Lobbying Contract Revealed
Submitted by Bob Burton on
In a report for the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Malou Mangahas reveals that in late July 2005, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo entered into a $75,000 per month contract for lobbying services with Venable, a Washington D.C. law firm.
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Hughes To Deploy Public Diplomacy 'SWAT Teams'
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When George W.
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Spinning A Disaster
Submitted by Bob Burton on
The Director of Crisis Media for the PR firm Hill & Knowlton, Paul Clark, had a few words of advice on crisis management for public officials handling the Hurricane Katrina disaster. "One of the first concepts is to accept blame if it applies ... people forgive mistakes, but they don't forgive excuses," Clark told the St.
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FEMA Keeps Hurricane Victims Under Wraps
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"This is about managing images and not public taste or human dignity," said the director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, after the U.S.
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The Education Department's Paid Apple Polishers
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
An "angry op-ed" in the Dallas Morning News claimed the city's school system was "limiting the future and opportunities for our children" by not enacting policies mandated under the federal No Child Left Behind law more quickly.
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