PENTAGON TOP DEPUTY RESIGNS AMID U.S. MICROWAVE TORTURE REPORTS

U.S. Department of Defense Deputy Secretary William J. Lynn III, former executive and a chief lobbyist of Raytheon Co., patent holder of the cell tower microwave radio frequency directed energy weapon system that, according to NowPublic.com "Get Political" journalist Vic...

Doonesbury Slams Dem Lobbyist for Defending Ivory Coast Dictator

from PolitisiteDoonesbury artist  Garry Trudeau slams Democratic Strategist  Lanny Davis on his Lobbying for Ivory Coast dictator Laurent Gbagbo in a six-figure deal.   Lanny not liking this,...

Is it not lobbying same to corruption?

Many scholars and practitioners say that lobbying is a strategy to be different and achieve goals. From my friends residing in USA and from my reading, I have come to understand that lobbying is a licensed profession. But is it not lobbying influencing government officials in...

How to fail at media relations - Thailand's red-shirts show how

In the techno-savvy 21st century where the latest breaking news is just a 140-character tweet away and where even radio has been relegated to a back-row seat, it’s now more important than ever for...

Question mark hangs on Pakistan lobbying firms

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...

What Does Allen Stanford Have in Common with Anti-Chevron Group?

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,...

Get to know a lobbyist

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 (April 29, 2009)

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...

Weekly Radio Spin: The Vast, Left-Wing Conspiracy

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....

Weekly Radio Spin: NATO is Neato!

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...

Weekly Radio Spin -- Piling on Smokers

This week, Fox's darlings, anger management and pulling out the lobbying stops. In "Six Degrees of Spin and Fakin,'" Glenn Beck.

Weekly Radio Spin: Downsizing U.S. Spin in Iraq

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...

Weekly Radio Spin: Obama's Lobbying Stimulus

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...

Serious Concerns Continue to Grow Over Use of HPV Drug GARDASIL

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 &...

Weekly Radio Spin: Taking Nobel Laureates for a Ride

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...
 

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