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Alcohol | Climate | Counter-Terrorism | Foodspin | GMWatch | Israel Lobby | Lobbying | MEPedia | Neoconservatives | Northern Ireland | Nuclear Spin | Pharma | Propaganda | Scotland | Spooks | Terror Expertise | Water SpinProfiles documents the communication, PR, spin and propaganda  activities of public relations firms and the public relations industry. SpinProfiles also includes profiles on think tanks, front groups funded by industry and industry-friendly experts that can influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of transnational corporations or other special interests. SpinProfiles focuses on transparency issues by profiling and cataloging the activities of lobbyists, lobbying firms and other corporate lobby groups. The relationship between special interests and elected representatives is catalogued in our MEPedia data base and we are working to increase our coverage of the 'revolving door' between politics and special interests. Spinprofiles also focuses on communication, spin and propaganda in party politics and in war and peace. The database contains collections of articles on British propaganda, the theory and practice of counterinsurgency, the neoconservatives, the Israel lobby and the terror experts and the associated 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, intelligence agencies, and their associated networks.  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.   Our definition of spin is a relatively neutral one.  Collins' Dictionary defines spin as "the practice of presenting news or information in a way that creates a favourable impression". “Spin doctor” is defined similarly as 'a person who provides a favourable slant to an item of news, potentially unpopular policy, etc., esp. on behalf of a political personality or party'.  Our definition is broader than that in that it encompasses those working for a wide range of governmental, party political, corporate and NGO organisations.  Inclusion in Spinprofiles should not, however, be taken to imply that any person is either engaged in 'spin' or in activities that are necessarily disreputable.  This site is a public interest resource which aims to catalogue and report on communications activities which can influence the news media, public opinion or public policy. Such influence is not necessarily negative and we aim to help the increase transparency and openness about the communication activities that we report on.  SpinProfiles has a policy of strict referencing, and is overseen by an editor and several associate portal editors. Tag and Category Cloud <tagcloud style="background: #FFFFDF;"> min_count=100 exclude=browse </tagcloud>

What's new Science and health: Independent research body or PR agency for corporations? The Social Issues Research Centre - http://bit.ly/cnR4mp Climate: Airline and car industry sponsor Copenhagen summit - see Copenhagen 2009: Who's Who. Revolving doors, government connections and carbon trading and offsetting at Grosvenor Gardens House. The Optimum Population Trust - Preventing African births as carbon offsetting. Henry Derwent - From government to industry lobbyist in six months. Alcohol: The Portman Group When it comes to alcohol awareness, is the government under the influence of the drinks industry? Genetically modified food: India's environment minister says NO to Monsanto's GM insecticidal aubergine/eggplant/brinjal on public health grounds http://bit.ly/1IoODt Here's what leading independent scientists told India's prime minister about the lies he'd been fed by industry on the GM aubergine: http://bit.ly/bCvwAu Policing: How the 'extremist' threat is whipped up as an excuse to expand policing powers: National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit Terror: Setting the terrorism agenda in Israel and beyond: Boaz Ganor and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya MEPedia MEPedia profiles current Members of the European Parliament, focusing on issues of transparency, conflict of interest and the revolving door. It is a resource for members of the public across Europe to find out basic information about selected MEPs, their financial and political interests, and their voting history and comments on issues related to transparency, accountability and conflicts of interest. The alcohol industry and policy The alcohol portal aims to examine governance processes in the area of alcohol and public policy. The portal aims to make connections between the alcohol industry, public policy makers and their relationships with the media, scientists and current research and debates within the field. You can see all pages on alcohol here. The portal focuses in large part on the most important policy actor which is the alcohol industry and its personnel, and in particular tries to uncover the links between the industry, alcohol lobby groupsand alcohol lobbyists and PR people. We also focus on the alcohol NGOs, which are often poorly funded and struggle to raise public health issues against the plethora of other alcohol policy groups and indeed the often covertly industry funded alcohol front groups. Lastly we also focus on the issue of the science of alcohol and examine the role that alcohol science and scientists play in the policy process. Propaganda, conflict and war Propaganda | Terror Experts and institutions | Neoconservative networks | Counterinsurgency Regional conflicts Israel Lobby | The Conflict in the North of Ireland | Iraq War 2003 | Targeting Iran Elite networks and corporate power Transnational Corporations: The organisations pushing corporate globalisation. Scotland: think tanks and lobbyists pushing corporate interests in Scotland. New Labour nexus: New Labour- and other market-friendly think tanks in Britain. Corporate Power in Britain: the main corporate lobby groups in Britain. Who Rules America? A guide to the power networks of the USA. Industry sectors Alcohol | Big Pharma | Foodspin | GM | Nuclear Spin | Water Industry Lobbying: How corporations and special interests pull strings | Corporate Memberships Database: The lobby groups funded by the largest corporations | PR and lobbying consultancies client database: Check up on who PR and lobbying firms work for. 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The Priority profiles page lists organisations that SpinProfiles users would like contributors to help with. <DynamicArticleList> title=Most popular articles type=hot count=20 See More... </DynamicArticleList> Most wanted pages Ronald Reagan (44 links) General Motors (38 links) AT&T (36 links) Bill Clinton (36 links) House of Lords (36 links) United Nations (36 links) John Major (32 links) Henry Kissinger (31 links) National Security Council (30 links) Bank of England (29 links) Deutsche Bank (28 links) Chevron (28 links) Marks & Spencer (27 links) American Express (27 links) Home Office (26 links) Boeing (26 links) Prudential (25 links) Reuters (25 links) See more... Getting Started Looking for somewhere to start? We welcome new contributors to SpinProfiles. In order to contribute, you first need to register as a User. Go to http://spinwatch.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki_spinwatch.org and subscribe to the Users' email list. 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