Spin of the Day: February 27, 2001

February 27, 2001

Edelman Creates New Unit to Monitor BSE Fears in US

Source: PR Week, February 26, 2001
This new initiative by one of the world's largest PR firms features "a research tool called the Mad Cow Monitor."

Cato Institute Hires Former Naderite Richard Pollock

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Source: PR Week, February 26, 2001
Former Naderite Richard Pollock (more recently a flack for Shandwick PR and the anti-environmentalist Global Climate Information Project) has been hired as the new vice president of communications for the libertarian Cato Institute, in which capacity he plans "to be more aggressive in using communications to help Cato seize credit on issues such as Social Security privatization and school choice."