Lies, damn lies and the public relations industry the torturers lobby by john stauber and sheldon rampton. This superb and concise book is largely based on that reporting. Common courage press, monroe, maine bookstore price. Toxic sludge exposes the bareknuckled, invisible hand guiding and shaping public opinions.
John stauber, author, mark dowie, photographer, sheldon. If you want your eyes to be opened, open them upon the pages of this book. Readers of bernays propaganda and larry tyes the father of spin. I was and was not surprised by some of the revelations in the book. Common courages number one seller blows the lid off of todays multibilliondollar. The public relations industry unspun, provides an indepth look at advertising in electronic media and expects to inform the public about the relationship between propaganda, the public relations industry, the government, and major corporations.
Public relations are the means by which power, whether economic or political, maintains and expands its privileges in a democratic society. Fourteen years later, mother jones revisits the issue, noting that more than half the 15 trillion gallons of. John staubers toxic sludge is good for you is a primer on how the public relations industry uses or invents. Buy toxic sludge is good for you lies, damn lies and the public relations industry first edition, second printing by stauber, john, rampton, sheldon, dowie, mark isbn.
The book was published by common courage press, box 702, monroe, maine 04951. Sewage sludge is the growing and continuous mountain of hazardous waste produced daily by wastewater treatment plants. For a naive reader wanting to be woken up, toxic sludge is good for you may have exactly that effect. Ask for it in your local bookstore or order it directly. They are the bestselling authors of weapons of mass deception, toxic sludge is good for you. I always thought public relations firms and certain big business. John stauber, adviser to the food rights network and coauthor of the 1995 book toxic sludge is good for you. In the spring of 1995, while we were finishing up the book toxic sludge is good for you, i got a call from a very pleasant woman by the name of nancy blatt who said she was with the water environment federation. In 2001, the national council of teachers of english gave rampton and stauber its annual george orwell award for exposing the use of doublespeak in american life. Toxic sludge is good for you explains exactly how the magic of modern pr transforms the favoured policies of the rich and the powerful into uncontroversial common sense. Lies, damn lies and the public relations industry paperback pb. Toxic sludge is good for you when reading the summary of toxic sludge is good for you i became extremely interested in what the book was all about.
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Lies, damn lies and the public relations industry by john stauber, sheldon rampton and a great selection of related books. One approach is the divide and conquer method of splitting a coalition of activists, by finding ways to buy some of them off. Biosolids, a natural organic fertilizer during the buildup to the gulf war in 1990 what organization was set up by the hill and knowlton public relations company. The water environment federation s proposal to create a name change task force originated with peter machno, manager of seattles sludge program, after protesters mobilized. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Toxic sludge is good for you illustrates how much of what we think of as independent, unbiased news and information has its origins in the boardrooms of the public relations companies. Lies, damn lies and the public relations industry the torturers lobby.
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His thesis was that professional corporate and government lying had gotten so bad that it was being used to try to justify the used of raw sewage as crop fertilizer. Lies, damn lies and the public relations industry by stauber, john, rampton, sheldon, strauber, john 1995 paperback full download. Nearly 20 year ago, john stauber came out with a book with the title of toxic sludge is good for you. The new euphemism for sewage sludge, biosolids, is part of a campaign to convince the public that municipal sludge, replete with an astounding array of toxic substances, is good for farm soil. The ills documented in toxic sludge is good for you are too numerous to give any kind of complete summary herea few examples must stand for the whole. Lies, damn lies and the public relations industry see other formats. The water environment federation is the sewage sludge industry. We tried it on a friend who thought toxic sludge is good for you sounded too weird to be taken seriously, but our publisher felt it would stick in peoples heads and make the book easier to market. The authors tell one side of the story by naming names and revealing how they worked their magic to. Visit the sourcewatch portal on toxic sludge lies, damn lies and the public relations industry by john stauber and sheldon rampton publisher.
Toxic sludge is good for you is a movie that tracks the development of public relations industry especially from the efforts of the industry in winning the american support for world war 1. Apr 28, 2009 in our 1995 book toxic sludge is good for you, we examined how the environmental protection agency and the sewage industry turned toxic sewage sludge into a safe fertilizer through pr, political bullying and weakened government regulations. In toxic sludge is good for you john stauber and sheldon rampton of the centre for media and democracy deal with this issue in a commendably straightforward and readable manner. It is without doubt the most important book about the methods and objectives of. Nov 08, 2007 toxic sludge is good for you when reading the summary of toxic sludge is good for you i became extremely interested in what the book was all about. Fourteen years later, mother jones revisits the issue, noting that more than half the 15 trillion gallons of sewage americans flush annually is. Lies, damn lies and the public relations industry addeddate 20151228 00. I am currently fighting sewage sludge fertilizer in my area an this book was extremely helpful in our fight.
The authors tell one side of the story by naming names and revealing how they worked their magic to manipulate and deceive the public. Toxic sludge is good for you is an accumulation of real life pr situations that depict the worst of the worst in the american public relations industry. On the other hand, from the perspective of companies or individuals trying to change public opinion or communicate complex topics to the public, this book provides a surprisingly complete howto manual. Lies, damn lies and the public relations industry the torturers lobby by john stauber and sheldon rampton some pr firms argue that they are ethically obligated, like attorneys, to accept virtually any client who can afford to pay. Lies, damn lies and the public relations industry paperback pb author john stauber, sheldon rampton, mark dowie paperback january 1, 1995. Its the hand of the master practitioners who work behind the scenes for the giant publicrelations firms. The book starts out as a good critique of the pr business, but seemed to slowly digress into a mere diatribe about the socioeconomic issues. Read toxic sludge is good for you lies damn lies and the public relations industry by stauber. Each chapter is abt a product or type of company and how they spin the bad to promote product and companies. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing toxic sludge is good for you near you. What name did the sewage sludge industry come up with for toxic sludge.
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