Interview of Dr. Stanton Glantz
Frontline interview; covers the Brown and Willaimson documents; the "settlement"; public health activities; the industry. "This is an industry whose whole thinking and behavior has been dominated by avoiding responsibility for its actions&q
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/settlement/interviews/glantz.html
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Censored: The Leaked ABC Tape
In March 1994, ABC killed a "Turning Point" documentary on Big Tobacco. The text and some of the video (as QuickTime clips) is now available on this site.
http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/MJ96/tp1.html
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Partnership for a Drug-Free America: the tobacco connection
The Partnership loves to talk about illegal drugs. They are hard pressed to say anything about a drug that kills more Americans than all illegal drugs combined: tobacco. One reason may be, the Partnership has taken cash from Philip Morris and R. J. Reyn
http://www.fair.org/extra/9707/marijuana.html
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ACSH: Health Advice in Women's Magazines: Up in Smoke?
Dr. Elizabeth Whelan reviewed 13 magazines across 5 months, and finds they emphasize nonexistent or trivial health risks, while largely overlooking major causes of disease, particularly smoking.
http://www.acsh.org/publications/priorities/0803/advice.html
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Science Writers: Tobacco Industry Turns Heat On
Tobacco industry harrassment of journalists and the media to kill or water down stories on smoking and the tobacco industry.
http://nasw.org/users/ASkolnick/naswtob.htm
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Philip Hilts interview
Hilts was a New York Times correspondent covering the tobacco beat and has published a book on it. This interview covers the Brown and Williamson papers, industry legal and PR strategy, industry conduct, media response, and industry intimidation of journ
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/smoke/interviews/hilts1.html
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FAIR: Tobacco Wars: The First Casualty Is Candor
A hard look at recent tobacco reporting, primarily on TV news: which facts get reported? Which don't? And what utterances get reported as "fact"?
http://www.fair.org/media-beat/940720.html
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CJR - ABC, Philip Morris and the Infamous Apology
Columbia Journalism Review article on Philip Morris's lawsuit against ABC after they ran a hardhitting Day One program on the tobacco industry.
http://www.cjr.org/year/95/6/smoking.asp
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Tobacco and the Media
Corporate Watch feature on connections between tobacco and the media.
http://www.corpwatch.org/trac/feature/tobacco/media.html
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USA Today Tobacco Stories
Collection of stories on the tobacco industry, its conduct, and litigation.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/smoke/smoke00a.htm
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