[WikiEN-l] PR & Fake News Update

[Cheney Shill]

Because it's relevant at the moment, Ogrish and its holding
company Beyond Vision Media have never been mentioned by
PRwatch.org or sourcewatch.org.

On to who/what is being mentioned at the moment from the
October 18 "Weekly Spin":

1. PROFITING FROM A NONPROFIT STATUS, THANKS TO ABRAMOFF
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/12/AR2006101200889.html
...
  The Senate report finds the groups probably violated
  their tax-exempt status, "by laundering payments and then
disbursing
  funds at Mr. Abramoff's direction; taking payments in
exchange for
  writing newspaper columns and press releases that put Mr.
Abramoff's
  clients in a favorable light; introducing Mr. Abramoff's
clients to
...
SOURCE: Washington Post, October 13, 2006
For more information or to comment on this story, visit:
http://www.prwatch.org/node/5303

4. FAKE NEWS LOBBY GROUP GEARS UP
http://www.prweek.com/us/news/article/598664/Broadcast-PR-companies-unite-amid-ongoing-scrutiny-VNRs/

  A group of producers of video news releases (VNRs) have
formed the
  National Association of Broadcast Communicators (NABC) to
campaign
  against the mandatory disclosure of fake news. NABC
Vice-President
  Mike Hill, who is is President of News Broadcast Network,
told PR
  Week that "disclosure is something that TV and radio
stations should
  do as they feel necessary from a news standpoint."
Mandatory
  disclosure, Hill claimed, "would be unworkable." The new
group is
  supported by the Public Relations Society of America. "We
all play
  an important role in the news gathering and dissemination
process,"
  said Michael Cherenson, the chair of PRSA's advocacy
practice.
SOURCE: PR Week (sub req'd), October 13, 2006
For more information or to comment on this story, visit:
http://www.prwatch.org/node/5301


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