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...
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,...
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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...
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...
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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,...
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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...