Stories by John Stauber
John Stauber is the is the Founder of the Center for Media and Democracy.
Obama Administration and influential MIT economist Jonathan Gruber received hundreds of thousands from the White House, while promoting Obama's health care legislation.
Posted on Jan 14, 2010, Source: PR Watch
With 8,000 pages of documents online for the world to see, will the networks continue their media blackout?
Posted on May 7, 2008, Source: PR Watch
The Bush Administration has spent millions on deceptive PR to sell the war, as recently documented in the
New York Times. Where's the fallout?
Posted on Apr 25, 2008, Source: PR Watch
The Pentagon hired some amateurs to create the fake news operation in Iraq that they've dreamed of having in the United States.
Posted on Sep 15, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Last week the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture announced that an American cow tested positive for mad cow disease. Without major changes in the beef industry, it may be just the first of many.
Posted on Jun 14, 2005, Source: PR Watch
Rather than focusing on the growing power of the conservative movement, much of the liberal rhetoric during the campaign focused on Bush's flaws and the failings of his administration.
Posted on Nov 15, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Bush & Co. used the old "third party technique" with their Swift Boat attacks on Kerry. The technique is simple: "Put your message in someone else's mouth that the public will listen to."
Posted on Aug 28, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The folks helping to get Nader on the ballot in Oregon and other states are the same people who brought us the conservative Heritage Foundation and the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Posted on Jul 7, 2004, Source: AlterNet
While the GOP's lock-step strategy has helped the party achieve considerable power, its intolerance for opposing viewpoints has led to disastrous domestic and foreign policy decisions. Welcome to the one-party state.
Posted on Apr 28, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The warnings have been there for years. Will government regulators, consumers and the meat industry now finally wake up that what worked in Europe must be employed here?
Posted on Dec 30, 2003, Source: AlterNet
According to Bush's advisors, expecting the President to tell the truth about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction is petty quibbling over details.
Posted on Aug 15, 2003, Source: AlterNet
In true Orwellian fashion, the Bush administration has used doublespeak to sell the war to never end wars.
Posted on Jul 28, 2003, Source: AlterNet
