Stories by Diane Farsetta
Diane Farsetta is senior researcher at the Center for Media and Democracy.
For everyone but Fox News, media reform keeps making big gains as a significant issue.
Posted on Jun 11, 2008
The Pentagon pundit scandal was not only a corrupt marriage of propaganda and corporate lobbying -- it was completely illegal.
Posted on May 5, 2008
Revisiting that controversial
Lancet study.
Posted on Mar 1, 2008
Glassman won't be able to burnish America's image abroad until we change our foreign policy.
Posted on Feb 1, 2008
Draw up your chair and prepare to be both amused and dismayed. The winners of the Center for Media and Democracy's 2007 Falsies Awards are ...
Posted on Dec 7, 2007
Hiring former Bush administration EPA head Christie Todd Whitman to chair its "Clean and Safe Energy Coalition" is the nuclear industry's latest PR attempt at "greening" its image.
Posted on Aug 27, 2007
We're having a lopsided discussion on energy issues in America because the nuclear industry has funded it that way.
Posted on Mar 16, 2007
The Pentagon relies on sophisticated PR strategies, suckering media to cover its gimmick events -- all in the name of boosting recruiting numbers.
Posted on Feb 1, 2007
TV stations respond to report revealing their use of deceptive corporate-funded Video News Releases.
Posted on May 2, 2006
The U.S. is doing everything it can to burnish its tarnished image among Indonesians -- everything short of engaging in real dialogue.
Posted on Dec 22, 2005
An act designed to end government propaganda is altered to the PR industry's approval.
Posted on Oct 25, 2005
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, right-wing groups pounced on opportunities to nurture their pet projects.
Posted on Sep 26, 2005
The Pentagon's military training academy formerly known as the School of the Americas is trying to change its reputation through a PR campaign and outreach to its opponents.
Posted on Aug 29, 2005
Imitating Big Tobacco's fight against cigarette labeling, the PR industry launches a battle against regulation of government-funded "fake" news.
Posted on May 16, 2005
A bumper crop of fake news produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is infiltrating rural airwaves.
Posted on May 2, 2005
In their refusal to reveal the details of federal contracts, seven major public relations companies reveal a startling lack of accountability.
Posted on Mar 10, 2005
A litany of well-documented human rights concerns has isolated the Indonesian military on the world stage. To help clean up its image, the Indonesian government has turned to U.S.-based PR and lobbying firms.
Posted on Feb 7, 2005
One year after the first case of mad cow disease in the US was confirmed, promised food safety reforms have yet to be instituted. And they never will be, if the cattle industry has its way.
Posted on Dec 23, 2004
The media ignore the difference between real grassroots organizations and smear-happy front groups – the difference, say, between MoveOn and MoveOnForAmerica.
Posted on Sep 24, 2004
Faced with massive public concern and bad performances in recent elections, the electronic voting industry opted for a PR blitz instead of addressing its problems.
Posted on Aug 2, 2004
