Thread by @POH_Smiles

Totes unrelated to the previous thread.
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"As people get more savvy about recognizing corporate front group activity, PR and lobbying firms can respond in one of two ways. They could opt to go to even greater lengths to obscure the origins and funding of groups they form. ..."

" ... Or, they could abandon the practice of creating astroturf groups because increased citizen journalism meant that groups were being exposed so soon after they were created that clients decided to save their dollars ..."

" ... and spare themselves the embarrassment."
prwatch.org/node/8531

If the Love Of Money is the root of all Evil, then front groups are surely part of the trunk.
uvachemistry.com/front-groups-s…

"His only research paper to date leading to his PhD could be 9 years old and have dealt with gum disease, which means he is no more qualified to give an educated opinion on ..."

" ... genetically modified foods, toxicology, epidemiology, climate science, etc than the average person with a science background."

A fish rots from the head down. -|- "Our results extend research regarding Unethical pro-organizational behavior by highlighting the contagion mechanism from leaders to followers."
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

It is an old problem, facilitated & sped up with todays tech. Once astroturf had to be installed meter by meter, PTA meeting by PTA meeting. Not anymore. The front groups have advanced their plastic seeding ops to another level.

"The shadowy way front groups operate makes it difficult to know whether a seemingly independent grassroots is actually representing some other entity."
sourcewatch.org/index.php/Fron…

One source put it this way: "The third party technique has been defined as, putting your words in someone else's mouth."

"The use of scientists as seemingly independent, authoritative experts is another frequent variation on this technique. PR firms and corporations also like to sponsor so-called think tanks that "think" whatever the sponsors think they should think"
sourcewatch.org/index.php?titl…

If you are interested in helping Source Watch document one of more of these groups, they want you to feel free, here is how.
sourcewatch.org/index.php?titl…

Stopping harmful practices, exposing wrong & making a better World is imperative. The Big Money is betting against Humanity, and it is time to stand up and say no.
It is a moral duty to our fellow Human Beings. #PrimumNonNocere.
report-fraud-now.info

Only takes a thumb drive.
Doing the Right Thing was never so lucrative.
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"The mathematical average of the total recoveries (settlements and judgments) for this time period is approximately $3.3 million, with an average whistleblower award of $562,000"
wblteam.com/average-whistl…

“Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies."
whistleblowers.org/know-your-righ…

"Actions the public health community can undertake to challenge the corporate determinants of oral health include demonstrating where and how people’s choices are structured by forces outside their immediate control, and asking ..."

" ... whether it is acceptable that corporations whose products and actions clearly impact negatively on population oral health still retain a seat at health policy tables."
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…