When "Social Values" Means Smoking
Submitted by Anne Landman on
When the dangers of smoking first became widely known, cigarette companies secretly hired biomedical scientists to create confusion.
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Merck Minimizes Accusations It Swindled the U.S. Government
Submitted by Anne Landman on
The pharmaceutical company Merck agreed to a $650 million settlement to escape charges that it routinely overbilled the U.S. government for medicines.
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Meijer Admission
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
The Meijer retail chain has issued a public apology, admitting that it "likely violated campaign finance and reporting laws" and pledging to "comply with any and all direction, penalties, fines or other actions required by the Department of State" in connection with its covert effort to manipulate elections in Acme Township, Michigan, where local officials opposed its
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Once Again, Drug Companies Caught Data Doping
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The pharmaceutical companies Merck and Schering-Plough, which co-market the cholesterol drug Vytorin, "have gone into damage-control mode, taking out newspaper ads." The PR campaign follows the companies' reluctant publication of a study showing that neither of the drugs present in Vytorin "reduced the buildup of fatty plaque in arteries." The study "
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Former FEMA Staffer Walks off with PIER
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
If the U.S.
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Hill & Knowlton's Maldives Role Still Generating Heat
Submitted by Bob Burton on
The role of the PR firm Hill & Knowlton (H&K) in polishing the image of the authoritarian government of the Maldives has become the centerpoint of a controversy between the former Foreign Minister, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, and the current Information Minister, Mohamed Nasheed.
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San Francisco Zoo Hires PR Flack to Try and Save its Skin After Tiger Mauling
Submitted by Anne Landman on
Look, but don't taunt.The situation was about as bad as it could get for a zoo. On Christmas Day, Tatiana the tiger escaped from her enclosure in the San Francisco Zoo, mauled a 17 year old boy to death and severely injured two of his companions.
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Giuliani's Drug Deal
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
As a paid corporate lobbyist, U.S. presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani helped Purdue Pharma defend its illegal activities to promote the drug Oxycontin, according to New York Times reporters Barry Meier and Eric Lipton. "As a celebrity, Mr.
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FEMA and PRSA: The Blind Leading the Blind
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
On December 6, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) "conducted a communications workshop for external affairs and management staff of the Federal Emergency
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When Lawsuits Fly, Roll Out the Corporate Social Responsibility
Submitted by Anne Landman on
Facing a massive lawsuit brought against it by the Nigerian government, cigarette maker British American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN) knows exactly what to do: roll out the Corporate Social
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