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The book is wordy, and very academic. It you can wade through that, it does have interesting ideas. Also, I appreciate the extensive list of footnotes, which I enjoy because I like to see source materials. The ideas presented in the book are positively scary!! This book wont promote your trust in government.
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Dinan and Miller are sociologists at Strathclyde University. This collection of essays is by 16 academics and journalists, 11 British, one Australian, two Dutch, one German and one American. They look at the context and role of spin, corporate spin by oil firms, biotechnology firms and food firms, various networks of influences - the US empire, the EU, the Stock Exchange, the Labour Party, and finally at how to counter spin.
PR is largely by and for corporations, using deception, subverting debate, its `ethical' activities subordinated to corporate strategy, and with a key role in the Thatcherite counter-revolution. PR businesses' annual turnover is £6.5 billion. Four corporations own more than half the global market in advertising, marketing, PR and lobbying. They use front groups, third party advocates and celebrities.
Aeron Davis looks at the special case of financial PR, where the Stock Market sells stocks, and itself, yet investors would have been better off putting their money in a high interest bank account. Other essays explore the EU's attack on public service broadcasting and study the pro-US, pro-EU, pro-capitalist group Demos.
An excellent piece by Olivier Hoedeman tells us that the EU has more than 15,000 full-time lobbyists, over 70% representing corporations, the EU's substitute for democratic input. LibDem leader Nick Clegg is with the lobbying firm GPlus Europe. His rival Chris Huhne is a member of the European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum which lobbies for the big banks; it weakened EU laws against funding terrorism and money-laundering.Read more ›
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