Whither the Weather?
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security "is paying a Pennsylvania ad firm to pitch 'pre-written' winter-weather-preparedness articles" to national and local media.
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Pre-emptive War, Pre-emptive Truck Maintenance
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
Following a damaging Associated Press report that Blackwater Worldwide "repaired and repainted its trucks immediately after a deadly September shooting in Baghdad, making it difficult to determine whether enemy gunfire provoked the attac
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Bush's 935 Weapons of Mass Deception
Submitted by John Stauber on
The Center for Public Integrity "has released the first analysis of its kind, Iraq – The War Card: Orchestrated Deception on the Path to War ...
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FCC to Extend a Life Raft to News Viewers
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said he expected the U.S.
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"Clean Coal" for the Candidates
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The coal industry front group calling itself Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) "is waging a $35 million campaign in primary and caucus states to rally public support for coal-fired electricity and to fuel opposition to legislation that Congress is crafting to slow climate change." ABEC has already spent $1.3 million
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They Want Influencers for More New Recruits
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"The U.S. Marine Corps is rolling out a new ad campaign this week in an effort to target teachers, coaches, clergy and other groups that tend to have influence on kids' career paths," reports the Wall Street Journal.
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Former FEMA Staffer Walks off with PIER
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
If the U.S.
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Tortured Reasoning for Destroying Evidence of Torture
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
Steve Benen writes that "As it turns out, the reasoning behind the CIA's decision to record interrogations on video, stop recording interrogations on video, and destroy the interrogation videos was all exactly the same: officials were hoping to avoid a public-relations nightmare." They were unsuccessful, of course, since the media reported widely on the destruction of the tapes and
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Safety Suppressed
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
A former statistician for the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has accused the agency of "suppressing scientific research" and "silencing the life-saving research happening in its buildings." Robin Ingle says the CPSC has repeatedly bowed to pressures from industry and failed to place tighter restrictions on dangerous products. As an example, she points to delays in publication of reports showing a rise in deaths from All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), while CPSC's general counsel, a former attorney for the ATV industry, tried to force staff to change the language in the report.
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An Industry Look at 2007's Biggest PR Blunders
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
Fineman PR of San Francisco, California, has released their list of top ten PR blunders of 2007. Topping the list at number one is "No Reporters? No Problem" -- the fake news conference staged by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) about their response to the California wild fires.
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