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Wall Street Journal Suckered by Corporate Gunsel Rick Berman
This op-ed by Michael Saltsman ran in the Weekend Wall Street Journal. Joe Biden and the $15 Question Vice President Joe Biden joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a media event in New York City on Thursday. They were … Continue reading
‘Dr. Evil’ Strikes Again
Washington lobbyist Rick Berman – a.k.a. Dr. Evil – is up to his usual tricks with a full-page ad in yesterday’s New York Times. Campaign Outsider Potemkin Front Group Index™: 2 Two wit: Minimumwage.com, and The Employment Policies Institute. … Continue reading
‘Dr. Evil’ of Politics Strikes Again on Minimum Wage
Corporate gunsel Rick Berman, memorably profiled as Dr. Evil on 60 Minutes in 2007, is front-and-center in the minimum wage battle now being, er, waged at the state and federal level. From Tuesday’s New York Times: Fun fact to … Continue reading
Dr. Evil Targets Mike Bloomberg
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed crackdown on big sugary drinks is going over like the metric system. Exhibit A: This full-page New York Times the American Beverage Association ran on Friday. Exhibit B: This full-page ad the Center for … Continue reading
New York Times Goes Easy On “Dr. Evil”
Friday’s New York Times featured a front-page piece about corporate frontman Rick Berman, memorably profiled by CBS’s 60 Minutes as “Dr. Evil.” From the Times massage: While he once called himself a lobbyist . . . he now styles himself … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Minutes, Berman Exposed, Center for Consumer Freedom, Dr. Evil, New York Times, Rick Berman
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Ad o’ the Day©
The Center for Consumer Freedom (“Promoting Personal Responsibility and Protecting Consumer Choice”) – which is a front group for restaurant, alcohol, and tobacco companies, among others – ran a full-page ad in Tuesday’s New York Times promoting the “vindicated sweetener,” … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Minutes, Center for Consumer Freedom, Dr. Evil, Rick Berman, SweetScam
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Fat Is The New Tobacco
The Boston Globe’s estimable Alex Beam picked up on the Next Big Thing For Us To Demonize earlier this week, chronicling federal efforts to levy sin taxes on fast food and soda pop. It’s not just big government that is … Continue reading
