PR Watch
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PR Watch is a quarterly newsletter whose stated mission is to expose deceptive and misleading public relations campaigns. It frequently writes about PR campaigns which it considers to be anti-environmental but also covers issues ranging from labor rights to world affairs. PR Watch, a project of the Center for Media and Democracy, is the creation of Center director John Stauber and PR Watch editor Sheldon Rampton.
Overview
Media:
Online
Audience:
Small audience (10-100K) (English)
Editorial
Edited By:
Fabrice Florin
Last Edit:
May 28, 2007 - 1:05 PM PDT
Story Stats
Top Topics:
Politics (8), U.S. (7), Health (4), Business (3), Media and Politics (3), Cancer (3), U.S. Congress (3), Media (3), Extra (2), Sci/Tech (2), World (2), Civil Liberties (1), Bush Administration (1), Palestine (1), Domestic Spying (1)...
Top Authors:
Diane Farsetta (3), Judith Siers Poisson (3), Sheldon Rampton (2), Conor Kenny (2), Steve Horn (1), Elliott Fullmer (1), Ann Landman (1), Anne Landman (1)
Top Formats:
Special Report (5), News Analysis (3), Review (2), Opinion (1), Editorial (1), Advocacy (1)
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This Week in Congress (Jan. 26 - Feb. 1, 2008)
() This week, we saw Democrats in the Senate becoming more assertive in their second year as the majority party, as the chamber continued its fracas over electronic intelligence ...Posted by Leo Romero -
The Failure of Oregon's Cigarette Tax: a Postmortem
() The November 6, 2007 election brought a stinging defeat to Oregon's cigarette tax increase. The proposal aimed to raise the state's cigarette tax by 84.5 cents a pack to pay ...Posted by Matthew Reibel -
Women in Government, Merck's Trojan Horse: Part Three in the Politics and PR of Cervical Cancer series
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