CMD Releases New Report:

"ALEC Exposed in Wisconsin: The Hijacking of a State"
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A CMD Special Report Part One:

New Documents Confirm Koch Was on ALEC Crime Task Force Led by NRA
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CMD Special Report Part Two:

ALEC's Gun Agenda Flourished with Koch Industries on Board, as with other Koch-Funded Groups
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Media Coverage of Mad Cow:

USDA Calls "Misleading," Columbia Journalism Review Calls "Sane"
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CMD Releases New Report: "ALEC Exposed in Wisconsin: The Hijacking of a State"
by PR Watcher — May 17, 2012 - 11:02am
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 17, 2012 CONTACT: Sara Jerving, sara@prwatch.org   Watchdog Groups Call for Attorney General Investigationof ALEC Lobbying Activities MADISON -- Today, the Madison-...
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Wisconsin Recall Roundup May 23, 2012
by PR Watcher — May 23, 2012 - 9:57am
Not Dead Yet: New Poll Shows Barrett and Walker in Dead Heat A new poll sponsored by "We Are Wisconsin" shows a closer race between Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Governor Scott Walker than other...
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Scantron 15th Corporation to Dump ALEC
by Rebekah Wilce — May 22, 2012 - 1:02pm
Scantron Corporation, a $200 million for-profit educational testing and online tutoring company that makes, among other things, those ubiquitous scan forms for standardized tests (please make sure...
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CMD Calls on Reps. Fitzgerald and Suder to Comply with WI Open Records Law
by PR Watcher — May 22, 2012 - 12:36pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 22, 2012 CONTACT: Brendan Fischer, brendan@prwatch.org  
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Wisconsin Recall Roundup May 22, 2012
by PR Watcher — May 22, 2012 - 10:18am
Members of Congress Raise Questions about Walker's 2011 Testimony Three Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee wrote to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that he obtain clarification from...
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Wisconsin Recall Roundup May 21, 2012
by PR Watcher — May 21, 2012 - 9:13am
Walker Releases New Jobs Numbers and Cuts New Ad On May 16, 2012, Governor Scott Walker released new jobs numbers; ones that indicate Wisconsin gained jobs in the last year rather than suffering...
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ALEC in Wisconsin: The Hijacking of a State
by Mary Bottari — May 21, 2012 - 9:11am
Wisconsinites were shell shocked in 2011 by a wide-ranging legislative agenda in their State Capitol that seemed to come out of the blue. Anti-consumer bills, union busting legislation, voter ID,...
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A Sea of Robin Hoods Tell the G8, "It's Time to Tax Wall Street!"
by Harriet Rowan — May 20, 2012 - 7:52am
Thousands of nurses from around the world descended upon Daley Plaza, in the heart of Chicago on May 18, to demand that the richest nations in the world put an end to austerity politics and start...
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CMD Applauds Senator Van Wanggaard's Move to Distance Himself from Corporate-Funded ALEC Scholarships, Asks That He Renounce ALEC Membership
by PR Watcher — May 18, 2012 - 10:25am
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 18, 2012 CONTACT: Sara Jerving, sara@prwatch.org The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) applauds Senator Van Wanggaard's move to distance himself from the corporate-...
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Wisconsin Recall Roundup May 16, 2012
by PR Watcher — May 16, 2012 - 11:30am
Sentencing for Key Former Walker Aide In John Doe Criminal Probe Delayed Until July The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that sentencing of Darlene Wink, a former county aide to Governor Scott...
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