Paul Armentano, AlterNet. September 23, 2009. Recent scientific reports suggest that pot doesn't destroy your brain, that it doesn't cause lung damage like tobacco -- but you won't hear it in the corporate media.
Russ Belville, NORML. August 4, 2009. Everywhere you look, corporate media are covering pot stories, except for the issue of its illegality and the lives ruined by prohibition.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. July 8, 2009. Carl's Jr.'s fattening, noxious non-food isn't just for dude-bros anymore. Now it's for scrawny hot chicks!
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. June 24, 2009. Burger King has done it again with a new ad that Copyranter describes as "the new leading 'most overtly blow-jobby ad' I've ever seen."
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 2, 2009. Coca-Cola just got slapped down in Australia for running a series of advertisements claiming the soft drink does not cause obesity or tooth decay.
Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica. February 23, 2009. Drug companies are funneling money through universities for advertising and trying to disguise it as education.
Jon Steinman, Deconstructing Dinner. December 30, 2008. BK's new advertising campaign proudly celebrates the cultural imperialism that Americans have become so famous for.
Emily Wilson, AlterNet. September 18, 2008. Rob Walker, author of a new book on consumer culture, explains how consumers embrace brands as part of their identities -- often without knowing it.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. August 15, 2008. Misogynistic viral video was not created by Guinness; in fact they are making it clear that this is not how they do business.
Terrence McNally, AlterNet. December 13, 2007. Marketers are targeting kids at disturbingly young ages, compromising the nation's health, creativity and democracy.
John Halpin, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. November 15, 2007. These advertisements seek to explain the progressive movement's core values and policy ideas, its historical accomplishments, and its philosophical differences with conservatives.
Susan Feiner, Women's eNews. November 12, 2007. The biggest retail day of the year is this month, and it's time to resist the "buy" buttons that advertisers are trying to push and to join a consuming boycott.
Alicia Rebensdorf, AlterNet. June 19, 2007. As recent legislation shows, drug companies and their direct-to-consumer marketing campaigns need diligent monitoring -- especially when it looks like they need it the least.
Alicia Rebensdorf, AlterNet. May 19, 2007. In a world of Tivo and Youtube, the traditional commercial is passe. In its place we have product integration, which may feed a culture of consumption, compromise artistic freedom and erode consumer choice ... or not. You decide.
