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Welcome to [[SpinProfiles:About|SpinProfiles]] - your guide to spin, networks of power, lobbying, Public Relations and the communciations activities of governments and other interests. SpinProfiles is a project of [http://www.spinwatch.org SpinWatch] and several other organisations. (More about SpinProfiles [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/SpinProfiles:About here])
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[[File:CorporateCaptureRoundtable Spinwatch-page-001.jpg|left|450px]]'''[[Powerbase:About|Powerbase]] is a free guide to networks of power, lobbying, public relations and the communications activities of governments and other interests. It is a project of [http://www.spinwatch.org Public Interest Investigations and Spinwatch]. [[About_Powerbase |Read more...]]'''
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SpinProfiles documents the communication, PR, spin and propaganda  activities of [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Public_relations_firms public relations firms] and the [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:PR_Industry public relations industry]. SpinProfiles also includes profiles on [[think tanks]], [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Front_Groups front groups] funded by industry and [[industry-friendly experts]] that can influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Transnational_Corporations transnational corporations] or other special interests.
 
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Spinprofiles also focuses on communication, spin and propaganda in party politics and in war and peace. The database contains collections of articles on [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:British_Propaganda British propaganda], the theory and practice of [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Counterinsurgency counterinsurgency], the [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Neocons neoconservatives], the [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Israel_Lobby Israel lobby] and the [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Terrorologist terror experts] and the associated [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Terrorism_Industry terrorism industry], which can influence public opinion public policy in the 'war on terror'. SpinProfiles also documents the propaganda, communication, disinformation, and covert action activities of states, [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Spooks intelligence agencies], and their associated networks. 
 
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Spinprofiles includes public interest reporting on a wide range of issues of public controversy including work on the nuclear debate, climate change, water, alcohol, food, genetically modified food and crops, and the pharmaceutical industry. The database is a public interest resource which is intended to monitor and catalogue both positive and negative activities in relation to spin, which we define accordingly. We include pages on whistleblowers and on critics and victims of spin as well as those who practice and promote spin.  
 
  
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