—————— Aarons, Leroy Beyond balance: thorough coverage of gay controversies is still the exception (Ott), 1-2/02;27 Abbas, Mahmoud Nixed signals [when Hamas hinted at peace, U.S. media didn't take the message] (Ackerman), 9-10/06;10 ABC. see also Nightline ABC does "something useful" [programs on poor children], 11-12/91;19 ABC erased protesters [at the Oscars], 6/99up;3 ABC News goes for the gold, 9/92;16 ABC's 1984 cover-up for the gipper, 3-4/90;15 ABC's antiwar "reality check": world news tonight minimizes support for withdrawal (Hart and Naureckas), 10/05up;4 ABC's military analyst calls for "excessive force": CSIS's cordesman advocates brutality against Palestinians (Ackerman), 1-2/01;23 ABC's one-color TV, [...]
Search Results for: John Stauber
Oct
01
2006
The Power of Conservative Spinning
How the right outguns the left in the PR wars
In addition to being a journalism professor (whose courses have included Politics of Media), I’m the host of a nationally aired TV program, Enviro Close-Up. My producer, Joan Flynn, and I get many e-mails proposing subjects and guests for the show—the overwhelming majority from conservative public relations companies promoting conservative guests. In terms of volume and intensity, there’s nothing comparable from the progressive world. Speaking of the politics of media, it’s a clear and daily demonstration to me of how the right, far more than the left, realizes the importance of communication. “Special Guests” The most active PR operation that [...]
Sep
15
2006
Robert Parry on Armitage/Plame, John Stauber on 'The Best War Ever'
Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: Do those who called the outing of covert CIA official Valerie Plame Wilson a scandal owe the White House an apology for suggesting it outed her as revenge against her husband Joe Wilson? In light of recent revelations about former State Department official Richard Armitage, some commentators seem to think so. We'll be joined by journalist Robert Parry for the latest on the coverage of the Plame Wilson affair. Also on the show: The Washington Post has decided to hire a professional spinmeister from the Bush White House to be the new voice on [...]
May
28
2004
Greg Mitchell on NY Times' mea culpa, Sheldon Rampton on Banana Republicans
Download MP3 The New York Times finally responded to critics who have been slamming the paper's reporting on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. But what was missing from their mea culpa? CounterSpin will ask Editor & Publisher's Greg Mitchell. Also this week: the Republican Party controls all major branches of the federal government. Is America becoming a one-party state? And how does the GOP's dominance play out in the mainstream media? We'll ask Sheldon Rampton, co-author of the new book Banana Republicans: How the Ring Wing is Turning America into a One-Party State. LINKS: 'The New York Times,' in Editors' [...]
Mar
01
2004
Waiting Till the First Cow Dies
Herd reporting on mad cow disease
It's the day after U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced the first case of mad cow disease in the United States, the telephones at the Center for Media 8c Democracy in Madison, Wisconsin are ringing constantly with press inquiries. "I've never seen anything like this in my 30 years of activism!" John Stauber, executive director of the center and coauthor of the 1997 book Mad Cow U.S.A., says. Stauber has been warning for years about the threat of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as mad cow disease, coming to America. And after years of very limited press interest, this [...]
May
01
1998
Oprah's Free--Are We?
In 13 states, no First Amendment for food critics
By John Stauber
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) must be breathing a sigh of relief. Their six weeks of courtroom combat with TV star Oprah Winfrey may have officially failed to silence her concerns about food safety, but in practice it came pretty damn close. Despite Winfrey’s legal victory, the bottom-line lesson for the rest of us is grim: In 13 states, the First Amendment no longer applies on food-related subjects. Investigating, speaking or writing about issues from mad cow disease to pesticides to food additives can cost you years of legal hell and a lifetime of debt hiring lawyers and experts [...]
Jan
01
1997
Saving the Earth Isn't Their Job
Rachel Carson wouldn't recognize many "environmental journalists" today
I knew I was in trouble when, walking into a "leadership summit" of the Society for Environmental Journalists, I tested out what I was planning to say with a young reporter. SEJ should accept investigative reporting as being a part of environmental journalism—after all, I noted, Rachel Carson, the mother of environmental journalism, practiced investigative reporting. "Rachel Carson," said the reporter, who covers the environment for a Florida newspaper, "isn't she the lady who worked for the Fish and Wildlife Service?" Investigating the Environment Much of the SEJ, a group now consisting of more than 1,000 journalists who cover environmental [...]
