DENUNCIA: "Associações" que visam proteger os interesses de politicos / indústrias e enganar o povo

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DENÚNCIA E DEMONSTRAÇÃO DE "ASSOCIAÇÕES" QUE NA VERDADE FUNCIONAM COMO LOBBIES PARA POLITICOS E EMPRESAS, DE FORMA A ENGANAR O PÚBLICO SOBRE A REALIDADE ECONÓMICA, E ESPECIALMENTE AMBIENTAL E SOCIAL, AO FABRICAREM E DIVULGAREM DADOS PSEUDO-CIENTÍTIFICOS E INFORMAÇÕES POR ELES MANIPULADAS OU MESMO INVENTADAS.
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1º CASO:

Uma organização sobre sustentabilidade ambiental e social, ou uma fachada para as indústrias?
www.cfact.org - Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)

A REALIDADE:

http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=25

FACTSHEET: Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, CFACT
DETAILS
P.O. Box 65722 Washington, DC 20035
Phone: 202-429-2737
The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), a free-market policy organization, was created to offer a "new voice" on consumer and environmental issues.

CFACT, established in 1985, is a member and organizer of the Cooler Heads Coalition and the National Consumer Coalition. According to its website "CFACT is...working to promote free-market and safe technological solutions to such growing concerns as energy production, waste-management, food production and processing, air and water quality, wildlife protection and much more." The free market think tank focuses on campus organizing and getting their message to the public through research, media exposure, and a national radio commentary called "Just the Facts" that is broadcast on 300 stations daily. CFACT's Board of Academic and Scientific Advisors is a who's who of climate skeptics and industry-funded scientists. Their semi-monthly newsletter, "Citizen Outlook," includes an update on news from the environmental movement called "From the Dark Side," a title indicative of the contempt CFACT's members have for all facets of environmentalism. CFACT's President and Executive Director, David Rothbard and Craig Rucker "are two of the primary voices seeking to provide a positive alternative to major environmental groups like Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and Friends of the Earth." according to the CFACT website. CFACT received $710, 000 between 1991 and 2002 from Richard Mellon Scaife controlled foundations, the Carthage Foundation and the Sarah Scaife Foundation. (http://www.mediatransparency.org/search ... entID=1379)



KEY QUOTES
12 November, 2001
"In short, as science becomes more advanced it seems that the one thing is clear: While ice caps may be growing, and coral reefs are remaining resilient, the one thing that is dwindling for sure is the case for global warming."
Source: Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow CFACT Website 5/03

7 April, 2004
"President Bush, of course, deserves even more credit for showing leadership in putting the breaks on this misguided treaty. When he first refused to go along with the Kyoto Protocol, howls of protest went up from those decrying his insensitivity to addressing this 'pressing' problem. Since then, however, nations such as Japan, Australia, Russia, and now Germany have likewise backpeddled on Kyoto compliance. One can't help but think, now in this baseball season, that maybe this President, a former owner of the Texas Rangers, knows when, and when not, to play ball."
Source: Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow CFACT Website 5/03



KEY DEEDS
7 June, 2002
President David Rothbard signed a letter to President Bush, asking him to withdraw the "Climate Action Report 2002" and demand that it be rewritten based on "sound science". The letter also recommends that Bush "dismiss or re-assign all administration employees who are not pursuing your agenda, just as you have done in several similar instances."
Source: Joint Letter To President Bush On The EPA's Climate Action Report 6/7/02



DEEDS
2 August, 2002
Wrote to President Bush, discouraging him from attending the UN Summit on Sustainable Development. Bush did not attend.
Source: "Corporate-funded Lobbyists Aimed to Sabotage Johannesburg Summit," Africa News, 8/19/2002

27 September, 2000
In 2000, The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow and the National Center for Public Policy Research awarded Congressman Helen Chenoweth- Hage (R-ID) the new "Friend of American Freedom Award" for her support of private property rights.
Source: U.S. Newswire, September 27, 2000



FUNDING
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow has received $472,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.

1998
$5,000 ExxonMobil Corporate Giving
Source: ExxonMobil 1998 grants list

2000
$110,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
project support
Source: ExxonMobil Foundation 2000 IRS 990

2001
$35,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source: ExxonMobil 2001 Annual Report

2002
$35,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source: ExxonMobil 2002 Annual Report

2003
$25,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Climate Change Issues
Source: ExxonMobil 2003 Corporate Giving Report

2003
$47,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
General Operating Support
Source: ExxonMobil 2003 Corporate Giving Report

2004
$35,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Climate Change Issues
Source: Exxon Giving Report 2004

2004
$40,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
General Operating Support
Source: Exxon Giving Report 2004

2004
$50,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Grassroots Efforts on Climate Change Issues
Source: Exxon Giving Report 2004

2005
$90,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source: ExxonMobil 2005 DIMENSIONS Report (Corporate Giving)


More Funding:

Carthage Foundation $535,000 (1991 - 2002)
Sarah Scaife Foundation $175,000 (1996 - 2001)
Chevron $60,500 (1994 - 1998)
ExxonMobil $10,000 (1997, 1998)

Source: mediatransparency.org & capitalresearch.org




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2º CASO:


Um jornal independente, ou um jornal controlado por conservadores de extrema-direita que, obviamente, odeiam homosexuais?
http://www.wnd.com
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53327


A REALIDADE:


Soy/homosexuality link claim

WorldNetDaily published an article[23] in December 2006 written by Jim Rutz of "Megashift Ministries" where he claimed that eating soy at a young age increases the chance that a child will be gay, and that soy's estrogen content will feminize a young boy. Such claims are contradicted by research done by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania.[24]. The article was referenced by Frank Rich in a New York Times op-ed piece on December 17, 2006, describing the reaction to homosexuality in the Republican Party.[25] The liberal advocacy organization People For the American Way mocked Rutz's claims in their online "RightWing Watch" feature, commenting "sometimes you just have to marvel at the things published by WorldNetDaily."[26] In response to the interest in the article, WorldNetDaily later published columns by Rutz providing documentation to back up his claims.[27][28]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldNetDaily






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3º CASO


Uma "Associação" que visa proteger os direitos dos consumidores, ou uma fachada de lobbies que protegem sim os interesses (dinheiro e poder) das indústrias, que atacam, mentem e denigrem verdadeiras associações que protegem o consumidor e o ambiente, tentando enganar o consumidor e a sociedade?

www.ActivistCash.com, a project of the Center for Consumer Freedom
Center for Consumer Freedom
www.consumerfreedom.com


A REALIDADE:



The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) (formerly called the "Guest Choice Network") is a front group for the restaurant, alcohol and tobacco industries. It runs media campaigns which oppose the efforts of scientists, doctors, health advocates, environmentalists and groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, calling them "the Nanny Culture -- the growing fraternity of food cops, health care enforcers, anti-meat activists, and meddling bureaucrats who 'know what's best for you.' "

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?ti ... er_Freedom



The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), formerly called the Guest Choice Network, is a non-profit U.S. lobby group. It is funded by the fast food, meat, and tobacco industries,[1][2][3][4] as well as, according to its website, "more than 1,000 concerned individuals," [5] and describes its mission as defending the "right of adults and parents to choose what they eat, drink, and how they enjoy themselves." Stressing individual responsibility over government legislation, CCF opposes compulsory warning labels on food, bans on smoking in restaurants, lawsuits against restaurants that sell fattening foods, and similar activities. It runs media campaigns and gives out annual "Nanny Awards" to "those groups and individuals who would protect us from ourselves."[6]

The group was created in 1995 by Richard Berman, executive director of the public affairs firm Berman and Company, with $600,000 from the Philip Morris tobacco company. Berman has declined to provide a list of current corporate sponsors, telling The Washington Post that CCF is funded by a coalition of restaurant and food companies as well as some individuals. "It doesn't add anything" to give details, he said.[1]

CCF has campaigned against positions held by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. It funds a number of websites, such as ActivistCash.com.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for ... er_Freedom




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A REALIDADE:[/b]


Soy/homosexuality link claim

WorldNetDaily published an article[23] in December 2006 written by Jim Rutz of "Megashift Ministries" where he claimed that eating soy at a young age increases the chance that a child will be gay, and that soy's estrogen content will feminize a young boy. Such claims are contradicted by research done by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania.[24]. The article was referenced by Frank Rich in a New York Times op-ed piece on December 17, 2006, describing the reaction to homosexuality in the Republican Party.[25] The liberal advocacy organization People For the American Way mocked Rutz's claims in their online "RightWing Watch" feature, commenting "sometimes you just have to marvel at the things published by WorldNetDaily."[26] In response to the interest in the article, WorldNetDaily later published columns by Rutz providing documentation to back up his claims.[27][28]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldNetDaily

Chegas atrasado pá... o artigo original já cá anda... ora vê em:
http://arcadenoe.clix.pt/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41823

e para quem não percebeu a validade do mesmo, será que sou só eu que vejo a relação entre a soja e "vegetarianismos"? não me parece...

Já agora um bom site de denúncia de "activismos"... http://www.activistcash.com/

ActivistCash.com, a project of the Center for Consumer Freedom, provides the public and media with in-depth profiles of anti-consumer activist groups, along with information about the sources of their exorbitant funding.

Despite their innocent-sounding names, many of these organizations are financial Goliaths that use junk science, intimidation tactics, and even threats of violence to push their radical agendas. We've analyzed over 500,000 pages of IRS records to bring you a comprehensive snapshot of where their money comes from, tracking more than $800 million to date.

We also offer valuable information about hundreds of deep-pocketed foundations, activist celebrities, and other key players in the movement to control what you eat and drink.

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ACTUALIZADO:



3º CASO


Uma "Associação" que visa proteger os direitos dos consumidores, ou uma fachada de lobbies que protegem sim os interesses (dinheiro e poder) das indústrias, que atacam, mentem e denigrem verdadeiras associações que protegem o consumidor e o ambiente, tentando enganar o consumidor e a sociedade?

www.ActivistCash.com, a project of the Center for Consumer Freedom
Center for Consumer Freedom
www.consumerfreedom.com


A REALIDADE:



The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) (formerly called the "Guest Choice Network") is a front group for the restaurant, alcohol and tobacco industries. It runs media campaigns which oppose the efforts of scientists, doctors, health advocates, environmentalists and groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, calling them "the Nanny Culture -- the growing fraternity of food cops, health care enforcers, anti-meat activists, and meddling bureaucrats who 'know what's best for you.' "

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?ti ... er_Freedom



The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), formerly called the Guest Choice Network, is a non-profit U.S. lobby group. It is funded by the fast food, meat, and tobacco industries,[1][2][3][4] as well as, according to its website, "more than 1,000 concerned individuals," [5] and describes its mission as defending the "right of adults and parents to choose what they eat, drink, and how they enjoy themselves." Stressing individual responsibility over government legislation, CCF opposes compulsory warning labels on food, bans on smoking in restaurants, lawsuits against restaurants that sell fattening foods, and similar activities. It runs media campaigns and gives out annual "Nanny Awards" to "those groups and individuals who would protect us from ourselves."[6]

The group was created in 1995 by Richard Berman, executive director of the public affairs firm Berman and Company, with $600,000 from the Philip Morris tobacco company. Berman has declined to provide a list of current corporate sponsors, telling The Washington Post that CCF is funded by a coalition of restaurant and food companies as well as some individuals. "It doesn't add anything" to give details, he said.[1]

CCF has campaigned against positions held by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. It funds a number of websites, such as ActivistCash.com.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for ... er_Freedom




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CCF Corporate sponsors

CCF has a number of corporate sponsors, which have allegedly included Brinker International; HMSHost Corp., owners of Burger King; RTM Restaurant Group, the owner of Arby's; Tyson Foods Inc., the world’s largest processor of chicken, beef, and pork; and Wendy's International, Inc..[1]

Through an anonymous insider, the Center for Media and Democracy obtained the following information about corporate contributions to the Guest Choice Network/CCF:

Contributors Corporation Pre-2001 2001 2002 Total
Coca-Cola Company $200,000 $200,000
Excel/Cargill $100,000 $100,000 $200,000
Monsanto $200,000 $200,000
Tyson Foods $100,000 $100,000 $200,000
Wendy's International, Inc. $200,000 $200,000
Outback Steakhouse $164,600 $164,600
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. $100,000 $100,000
HMS Host Corporation $50,000 $25,000 $75,000
RTM Restaurant Group (Arby's) $64,872 $64,872
White Castle System $43,872 $43,872
Perdue Farms, Inc. $40,000 $40,000
Hatfield Quality Meats $33,700 $33,700
Brinker International $25,000 $25,000
Quantum Foods $18,000 $18,000
Standard Meat $17,500 $17,500
Applebee's International, Inc. $15,000 $15,000
Coldwater Seafood $15,000 $15,000
P.F. Chang's China Bistro $15,000 $15,000
Performance Food Group $15,000 $15,000
Rare Hospitality $15,000 $15,000
Marie Callender Pie Shops $11,900 $11,900
Advantica Restaurant Group $10,000 $10,000
National Steak and Poultry $10,000 $10,000
Packaging Corporation of America $10,000 $10,000
T. Marzetti Company $10,000 $10,000
Trinchero Family Estates $10,000 $10,000
King and Prince Seafood $9,200 $9,200
Paradise Tomato Kitchens, Inc. $7,500 $7,500
Michigan Turkey Producers Cooperative $7,000 $7,000
Fired Up $6,000 $6,000
Restaurant Concepts $6,000 $6,000
Rosemount Estates (Southcorp Wines) $5,300 $5,300
TriOak Foods $5,100 $5,100
Armour-Swift Eckrich $5,000 $5,000
Darifair Foods $5,000 $5,000
Dean Foods Company $5,000 $5,000
Ken's Foods Inc. $5,000 $5,000
Simmons Foods, Inc. $5,000 $5,000
Sugar Foods Corporation $5,000 $5,000
Casual Restaurant Concepts $3,300 $3,300
LTP Management Group $3,250 $3,250
Anton's Airfoods, Inc. $3,000 $3,000
Cameron Mitchell Restaurants $1,250 $1,250 $2,500
Chart House Enterprises $2,500 $2,500
Max & Erma's Restaurants, Inc. $2,500 $2,500
Royal Cup $1,000 $1,500 $2,500
Pro Edge $2,400 $2,400
Comarco Products $2,000 $2,000
Save-on Seafood $2,000 $2,000
Sun Orchard, Inc. $2,000 $2,000
Custom Cuts $1,500 $1,500
Good Humor-Breyers (part of Unilever) $1,500 $1,500
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. $1,500 $1,500
Pro Clean $1,500 $1,500
Worldwide Restaurants Concepts $1,500 $1,500
Bestfoods Foodservice
(now Unilever Foodsolutions) $1,250 $1,250
Kagome, Inc. $1,086 $1,086
Campagna-Turano Bakery, Inc. $,500 $,500 $1,000
Carlson Hospitality Worldwide $1,000 $1,000
Country Kitchen International $1,000 $1,000
Daisy Brand $1,000 $1,000
Eli's Cheesecake Company $1,000 $1,000
Jeff's Gourmet Pies $1,000 $1,000
John Soules Foods $1,000 $1,000
KPR Foods $1,000 $1,000
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers $1,000 $1,000
Revolution, Inc. $1,000 $1,000
Ruth's Chris Steak House, Inc. $1,000 $1,000
John R. Daily Company $,750 $,750
Mexican Restaurants $,750 $,750
Not Your Average Joe's $,347 $,347 $,694
Buca, Inc. $,500 $,500
Louise's Trattoria $,500 $,500
National Everclean Service $,500 $,500
North American Enterprises $,500 $,500
Real Food Marketing $,500 $,500
Ruby Tuesday, Inc. $,500 $,500
Syracuse's Italian Sausage $,500 $,500
China Mist $,400 $,400
KorBert, Inc. $,300 $,300
Crystal's International $,252 $,252
4 B's Restaurants $,200 $,200
North American Provisioners $,150 $,150
Coffee Reserve, Inc. $,140 $,140

Total $56,950 $1392,007 $402,509 $1851,466

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for ... er_Freedom

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Chegas tarde outra vez... vê lá se encontras notícias mais frescas pá... :p

Especialmente para ti... a fonte original que diz que a soja faz os putos maricas...
http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

The Truth about Soy

Have you ever wondered about soy? It's promoted as the miracle food that will feed the world while at the same time prevent and cure all manner of diseases. But what if all you've read about soy is nothing but a multi-million dollar marketing strategy based on scanty facts, half-truths and lies?

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Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for ... er_Freedom

The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) (formerly called the "Guest Choice Network") is a front group for the restaurant, alcohol and tobacco industries. It runs media campaigns which oppose the efforts of scientists, doctors, health advocates, environmentalists and groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, calling them "the Nanny Culture -- the growing fraternity of food cops, health care enforcers, anti-meat activists, and meddling bureaucrats who 'know what's best for you.' "


CCF actively opposes smoking bans and lowering the legal blood-alcohol level, while targeting studies on the dangers of red meat consumption, overfishing and pesticides. Each year they give out the "nanny awards" to groups who, according to them, try to tell consumers how to live their lives.

Anyone who criticizes tobacco, alcohol, fatty foods or soda pop is likely to come under attack from CCF. Its enemies list has included such diverse groups and individuals as the Alliance of American Insurers; the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons; the American Medical Association; the Arthritis Foundation; the Consumer Federation of America; New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani; the Harvard School of Public Health; the Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems; the National Association of High School Principals; the National Safety Council; the National Transportation Safety Board; the Office of Highway Safety for the state of Georgia; Ralph Nader's group, Public Citizen; the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); and the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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Pois... mas como eles dizem

ActivistCash.com is committed to 100 percent accuracy

e é de estranhar a falta de processos contra eles de tantas "vitimas"...

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Já agora e sobre a fonte citada...

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The Center for Media & Democracy (CMD) is a counterculture public relations effort disguised as an independent media organization. CMD isn’t really a center it would be more accurate to call it a partnership, since it is essentially a two-person operation.
Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber operate, as do most self-anointed progressive watchdogs, from the presumption that any communication issued from a corporate headquarters must be viewed with a jaundiced eye. In their own quarterly PR Watch newsletter, they recently referred to corporate PR as a propaganda industry, misleading citizens and manipulating minds in the service of special interests. Ironically, Rampton and Stauber have elected to dip into the deep pockets of multi-million-dollar foundations with special interest agendas of their own.

Their books Mad Cow U.S.A. and Toxic Sludge Is Good for You! were produced and promoted using grant monies from the Foundation for Deep Ecology ($25,000) and the Education Foundation of America ($20,000), among others. Along with the more recent Trust Us: We’re Experts, these books are scare-mongering tales about a corporate culture out of control, and each implies that the public needs rescuing. Guess who the heroes in this fantasy are?

Despite his wild claims that federal agencies have covered up U.S. mad cow disease cases, John Stauber has become a quotable celebrity on the subject. In 1997, at the height of the initial mad-cow panic, a CMD press release warned: Evidence suggests there may already be a mad-cow-type of disease infecting both U.S. pigs and cattle. Rampton and Stauber have never provided any documentation to back up this reckless claim; no cases of mad-cow disease have ever been documented in U.S. livestock. John Stauber was one of only four mad-cow experts offered to reporters by Fenton Communications’ media arm, Environmental Media Services.


As the liberal Village Voice commented in April 2001, “These guys come from the far side of liberal.” Seen through this dynamic duo's socialist lens, society’s major problems are capitalism in general and corporations in particular. If someone in a shirt and tie dares make a profit (especially if food or chemicals are involved), Rampton and Stauber are bound to have a problem with it. Unless, of course, that food is vegetarian, organic, certified fair-trade, shade-grown, biodynamic, or biotech-free — in which case, the sky’s the limit!


Rampton and Stauber’s latest book (Trust Us, We’re Experts! ) was delivered to the media with a slick press kit, citing favorable reviews from media experts. The packet also included a prewritten list of questions for reporters to ask when interviewing the authors. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel blew the whistle, though, noting that “a somewhat sheepish Stauber” offered the following feeble excuse: “What you see is a true PR campaign around our book. This is how book publishing is done. I think it’s bad. I hate it.”

Profile:
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