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The other study by the New York-based Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), a national media watchdog group, concluded the peace accord set off a U.S. media reaction that "showed once again the extent to which White House assumptions are shared by the national press corps" and how "Reagan's obsession with Nicaragua has turned imo a media obsession." FAIR's 90-day analysis of The New York Times found that The Times devoted three times as many column inches of news space to events in Nicaragua than it did to Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador combined.

Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton See book keywords and concepts

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) is a national media watchdog group that focuses awareness on the narrow corporate allegiance of the media and its under-representation of points of view from women, minorities and low-income groups. It publishes a magazine, titled EXTRA! For information, contact FAIR, 130 W. 25th Street, New York, NY 10001; (212) 633-6700. There are a number of professional and trade publications that report on the PR industry—Inside PR, pr reporter, PR News, Public Relations Quarterly, PR Tactics—that are available for fairly steep subscription rates.

20 Years of Censored News Carl Jensen See book keywords and concepts

For the better part of four years, in the early 1950s, the press performed this function for Senator Joseph McCarthy, who went largely unchallenged as he brought charge after charge of treason and communist subversion against people whom he could not have victimized without the complicity of the national media. Face-value transmission has characterized the press's performance in almost every area of domestic and foreign policy, so much so that journalists have been referred to as "stenographers of power." (Perhaps some labels are well deserved.

Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meal Industry Gail A. Eisnitz See book keywords and concepts

Then, and as soon as possible, we would release our findings through the national media in a way that would both expose the USDA and make Congress demand compliance across the board. Still, I just couldn't walk away from Sioux City without doing something for the animals who would soon be on their way there. If I went directly to Morrell management or the press my investigation would be revealed and my informants put at risk, probably to no avail. Instead I called Morrell's independent consultant—the slaughter expert and colleague of mine who'd inspected the plant.

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