Mixing Private Security With Oil
Submitted by Bob Burton on
The private security contracting company, ArmorGroup International, has hired former Citigate Dewe Rogerson spinner Patrick Toyne-Sewell as its new communications director.
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America's Slip is Showing
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
"As the war in Iraq continues for a fourth year, the global image of America has slipped further, even among people in some countries closely allied with the United States," reports Brian Knowlton, citing a new opinion poll by the Pew Research Center. The poll found significant declines in esteem for the United States in countries including Spain, India, Russia, Indonesia and Turkey, and smaller declines in France, Germany and Jordan.
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Coal Miner Buys Support
Submitted by Bob Burton on
Private landowners who sell their land to Centennial Coal for a new coal mine in New South Wales have been offered an extra $A25,000 if they sign contract provisions that require them to support the mine.
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Boosting Business With Nuclear Power
Submitted by Bob Burton on
A report (PDF) prepared for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) by British nuclear proponent Professor John Gittus optimistically concluded that nucl
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Shredding Policy Haunts British American Tobacco
Submitted by Bob Burton on
British American Tobacco (BAT) has suffered a major legal setback after a Sydney judge found that the company's "document retention policy," under which sensitive documents were shredded, had been developed "in furtherance of the commission of a fraud." In a case before the New South Wales Dust Diseases Tribunal, Justice Jim Curtis heard uncontested evidence from former BAT solicitor Fred Gulson that the policy was designed so that the company could shred potentially damaging documents.
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Iraq the Most Deadly War for Reporters
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The Iraq war "is now the deadliest war for reporters in the past century," reports Editor and Publisher. Seventy-one journalists and 26 media support staff have been killed in Iraq since 2003. That compares to 69 journalists killed in World War II, 63 in Vietnam and 17 in Korea. In addition, at least 42 journalists have been kidnapped in Iraq, according to Reporters Without Borders.
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Lincoln Logs More Propaganda Work in Iraq
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
It was reported previously that Rear Adm. Scott Van Buskirk's review of U.S.
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Pentagon Briefing Shows Guantanamo's 'Good' Side
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
It must be hard to put the U.S.
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All the World News that Didn't Get Printed
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"Every year, the U.N.'s Department of Public Information (DPI) unveils its list of the world's 10 most under-reported stories," reports IPS.
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AANRs: Australian Audio News Releases
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The Australian TV show Mediawatch notes our study on video news releases and goes on to report, "We haven't found any examples as bad as that on Australian TV, but the radio equivalent -- the audio news release -- has definitely arrived." Mediawatch tracked one ANR, paid for by
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