The Public Relations Industry

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Must Reads

• John Stauber & Sheldon Rampton, Toxic Sludge is Good for You
• PR Watch
• John Stauber & Sheldon Rampton, Trust Us, We're Experts
• Naomi Klein, No Logo
• Robert N. Proctor, Historical Reconstruction of Tobacco and Health - The testimony that linked what is now the CEI and companies like Lorilar and R. J. Reynolds and their use of public relations pp 16 of 46[1]
• Adam Curtis, The Century of the Self - The history of the public relations industry and how it has progressed up to the present

Please research

• Even though PR firms are used for many types of lobbying, they generally are not required to register under the 1995 disclosure law. The role of PR firms in lobbying needs more examination. There was an interesting article on this in the July 2007 issue of Harper's magazine.