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  • From: Carrie McLaren <carrie AT stayfreemagazine.org>
  • To: stayfreemagazine AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Stay Free! | March 25
  • Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:08:23 -0500

Hello, here are a few recent items of interest:


"Ad agencies to help drug makers find patients for clinical trials"
http://www.msnbc.com/news/723409.asp?cp1=1#BODY
"More than telling American consumers why they need a particular medication, advertising agencies are increasingly working with large pharmaceuticals companies" in developing drugs... Man, there are so many things wrong with this, it's hard to know where to start. At least the aliens quoted in this piece don't pretend this is about improving healthcare: "All we want to do is speed up the process," one says. "What we want to try to do is look at the molecule in the test tube as a brand." Another ominously refers to "cradle-to-grave marketing."

"Schools crack down on illegal students"
http://www.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/03/13/illegal.students.ap/index.html
I'm not sure which is more depressing: the fact that kids have to lie to get a decent education. Or that school districts solve the problem by hiring $200/hr private investigators to track their moves...

"Clear Channel Perfects the Art of Sounding Local"
http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/public/clearchannel.html
The Wall Street Journal reports on how radio giant Clear Channel (owners of KISS-FM) fools listeners across the country into thinking they are hearing a local broadcast.


...and just in case you haven't seen it: John Ashcroft sings!
http://www.cnn.com/video/us/2002/02/25/ashcroft.sings.wbtv.med.html



  • Stay Free! | March 25, Carrie McLaren, 03/25/2002

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