Toxic Sludge is Good for You!: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry
by John Stauber, Sheldon RamptonAVAILABILITY: Usually ships within 1-2 weeks
Publication Date: 1995
Publisher: Common Courage
Binding: Paperback
Topics: Corporate Rule, Toxics
Description: 'Toxic Sludge is Good for You' blows the lid off of today's multi-billion-dollar propaganda-for-hire PR industry. Naming names, this book reveals how public relations wizards concoct and spin the news, organize phony "grassroots" front groups, spy on citizens and conspire with lobbyists and politicians to thwart democracy.
Review(s): "One of the most censored stories of 1996." - Project Censored
"Scarier than anything by Stephen King" - Martin Teitel
"From the wiseguy cover to the sledge-hammer prose, this book would never have made it into Newtie's college course..." - The Bookbag