Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
It's that time of year -- time to vote for your favorite Falsies!
2007 was a year full of deception, manipulation, prevarication, and Orwellian spin. But now it's payback time! Every day, we at the Center for Media and Democracy are up to our ankles (and sometimes higher) in the corporate spin and government propaganda that PR firms keep churning out. We are all too familiar with the many ways that our information environment gets polluted. We have our "favorites," to be sure -- but now we want to hear what YOU think!
At the end of each year, CMD issues the "Falsies Awards," to recognize the people and players that take spin and propaganda to new lows. We need you to help identify the worst of the worst hard at work in 2007. We have put together a juicy selection of nominees -- but we need you to vote and tell us who deserves the Falsies this year.
You'll see that it was a tough year for women, with breastfeeding under attack, mercury-laden fish being pushed, and disease-mongering to sell a controversial vaccine. Fake news also continued to elbow its way onto your TV screens, and war propaganda was even harder to avoid than last year.
Follow this link to fill out your ballot. The deadline for entries is 5:00 p.m. CST on Friday, November 30, 2007, so vote today!
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maryam346 replied on Permalink
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MP Graham Stringer is the biggest falsie, he does not believe in democracy and will not help young educated muslims because he believes that is is ok for security services to ruin young muslims lives deprive them of good jobs, he supports the idea that young muslims should waste their youths on writing to agencies for help (who will not respons)and working in low standard jobs such as call centres eventhough they may have postgraduates and may be far more educated than himself