Toxic sludge is good for you: lies, damn lies, and the public relations industry

John Clyde Stauber, Sheldon Rampton

Common Courage Press, 1995 - Business & Economics - 236 pages

Common Courage's number one seller blows the lid off of today's multi-billion-dollar propaganda-for-hire PR industry, revealing how public relations wizards concoct and spin the news, organize phony "grassroots" front groups, spy on citizens and conspire with lobbyists and politicians.

What people are saying

Review: Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry

User Review  - Esra Dillon - Goodreads

Very frustrating but fantastic book. I fear that I can no longer read the paper, listen to the radio, or watch the news. I am on to you, Public Relations Industry... I'm watching you."I found myself ...

Review: Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry

User Review  - Mark Darling - Goodreads

Another example of a world view-altering book, in that it alerted me to the malleable nature of public opinion and that many of the thoughts we believe we have come by independently were in fact ...

Contents

• The Art of the Hustle: 19
• Spinning the Atom: 33
• Spies For Hire: 47

About the author

Stauber is the founder and director of the nonprofit Center for Media and Democracy.

John Stauber (right) is founder and director of the Center for Media & Democracy. He and Sheldon Rampton write and edit the quarterly <i>PR Watch: Public Interest Reporting on the PR/Public Affairs Industry. They are the bestselling authors of Weapons of Mass Deception, Toxic Sludge is Good for You! , and Trust Us, We're Experts! 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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Toxic sludge is good for you: lies, damn lies, and the public relations industry
• Authors: John Clyde Stauber, Sheldon Rampton
• Contributor: Sheldon Rampton
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Common Courage Press, 1995
• ISBN: 1567510612, 9781567510614
• Length: 236 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Business Ethics; Business & Economics / Public Relations; Corporations; Corporations - Corrupt practices - United States; Corporations - Public relations - United States; Corporations/ Corrupt practices/ United States; Corporations/ Public relations/ United States; Industrial publicity; Industrial publicity - Corrupt practices - United States; Industrial publicity/ Corrupt practices/ United States; Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies; Political Science / General; Public relations firms; Public relations firms - Corrupt practices - United States