Among the beneficiaries are Robin Raphael, widow of former US ambassador to Pakistan Arnold Raphael, who was killed with military dictator General Ziaul Haq in a mysterious plane crash in August 1988. "A report in...
Just when I thought things couldn’t get any shadier, I’ve learned that the lobbyist now representing the Amazon Defense Coalition (via Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C.) in its $27 billion lawsuit against San Ramon,...
Lobbying - the organized attempt to influence legislators - is not new. The term itself has been used to describe influence peddlers gathering in the hallways (or lobbies) of British Parliament as far back as...
Lobbying has a major impact on the way decisions are made in the halls of power today. On this week’s episode we’ll hear from Mark Tovey of World Changing Canada, and former Neuse Riverkeeper and hog-farm...
Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, nuclear spies, the dirty oil lobby and a drive-thru pawn shop....
Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, NATO raises its profile, ghostwriters, and hijacking choice. In...
Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, Wal-Mart's new PR strategy, industry plans for healthcare...
Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, corporate healthcare gets the vapors, GM's new spinmeister and...
Since it's approval in the summer of 2006 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 5 million girls and women, ages 9 to 26, have been vaccinated with GARDASIL.
GARDASIL, aggressively marketed by Merck &...
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Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, we look at military lobbying, not getting the lead out, and...
Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, giving the OK to domestic propaganda, waiving your own ethics...
The second round of polling closed and the answers were scheduled to be handed to Obama the next day on January 16th at a press club event. The issues coming in with the top votes are 1. Health Freedom IS Our...
Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, we look at nominating a military lobbyist, selling the auto...
Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, we look at China's online censors, Wyeth's busy ghosts and how...