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...

WeeklyRadioSpin: Never Mind the Military-Industrial-Media Complex

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...

Change.org Top 10 Answers Presented to Obama

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...

Weekly Radio Spin: Raytheon and On

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...

Weekly Radio Spin: Dogged Marketing During the Meltdown

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...

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