Billboard Companies Poisoning Trees
A former billboard company employee in Tallahassee, Florida has revealed that billboard companies intentionally poison trees that block their billboards […]
Media
Compass Colorado Links Obama and U.S. Energy Policy to Iranian Dictator
The Republican front group Compass Colorado is running billboards across the state that link President Obama with Iranian President Mahmoud
Memo Exposes Huge PR Campaign to Attack Wind and Solar Industries
A group of energy industry-affiliated, right-wing groups is readying a massive PR plan to try and turn American public opinion
Heartland Institute Likens People Who Believe in Climate Change to Mass Murderers
The Heartland Institute put up an inflammatory billboard along a major highway Illinois that compared belief in global warming to
RushOutOfMissoula.com Makes Headway as KGVO Hijinks Backfire
The grassroots effort to push Rush Limbaugh off the airwaves in Missoula, Montana reports that as of this week 18
Advertising, Economics, Ethics, Front groups, Health, Lobbying, Media, politics, Tobacco
Female, African-American Doctor Backs Tobacco Industry in New Ad
The tobacco industry’s front group, “Californians Against Out-of-Control Taxes and Spending,” is spending millions to run a 30-second TV ad
British MPs: Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch Unfit to Lead Media Conglomerate
Members of a British Parliament committee have declared 81 year old media mogul Rupert Murdoch, owner of News Corporation, the
Activists Gain Against Limbaugh in Missoula
Anti-Rush Limbaugh activists racked up another successful week after six more businesses vowed to drop sponsorship of the Rush Limbaugh
BP Ads Say Everything’s Great in the Gulf; Fisherman Report Sicknesses, Deformed Sea Life
Two years after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is running ads on TV promoting tourism
Dow-Funded PBS TV Series Promotes Dow and Its Product Lines
A new, four-part PBS television show airing this month called “America Revealed” is sponsored by the Dow Chemical company, whose
Seven Sponsors Drop Rush Limbaugh in Missoula
The grassroots effort to push Rush Limbaugh off KGVO radio in Missoula, Montana saw major success this week after seven
Federal Court Says Groups Can’t Keep Campaign Donors Secret
A District Court in Washington, D.C, ruled (pdf) earlier this month that it is illegal for groups to keep secret
Missoula Citizens Deliver Petition Against Rush Limbaugh
On April 12, 2012 a group of citizens in Missoula, Montana delivered a “Take Rush Limbaugh off the air in
Ethics, Health, Media, Tobacco
Philip Morris: “Get sick children on Oprah”
In 1993, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially listed secondhand tobacco smoke as a Group A Human Carcinogen, the
Ethics, Health, Media
President Obama’s Defense of Planned Parenthood Draws Little Notice
Republican attacks on Planned Parenthood have drawn a lot of media attention in recent months, but a video message from
Limbaugh, in Crisis Management Mode, Bribes Listeners to Support Him
In a move that the Daily Kos has dubbed “Operation Buy Me Some Love,” Rush Limbaugh is trying to buy
Vodka Ad Jokes About Sexual Assault, Gets Yanked
The makers of Belvedere Vodka yanked a controversial ad that appeared to joke about rape. The ad showed a horrified
Corporations, Corruption, Media, politics
CleanSlateNow.org Lists Courageous Candidates Who Turn Down All PAC Funding
A new website created in Colorado, CleanSlateNow.org, is the first and only site so far to publicly list candidates for