mediageek 28 May 2009: Public Relations and the Crisis in Journalism

Public relations tactics have been used by major corporate polluters to “greenwash” their image and by the Pentagon to sell war policies to the American public. With the crisis in journalism will paid pundits and messages replace true reported stories? Diane Farsetta, senior researcher for the Center for Media and Democracy, joins to discuss this topic.

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mediageek 18 December 2008: The Falsies Awards

For the past five years the Center for Media and Democracy has bestowed the Falsie award on the PR flacks, pundits and other professional spinners who’ve most eroded the public trust. CMD’s Senior Researcher Diane Farsetta joins to talk about the winners of this year’s Falsies.

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