- CBS 60 Minutes
Transcript of now-famous 60 Minutes show on nicotine manipulation. Were tobacco industry CEOs telling the truth, when they swore to Congress that nicotine is not addictive? Also covers intimidation of tobacco industry whistleblowers such as Dr. Jeffrey Wigand.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Censored: The Leaked ABC Tape
In March 1994, ABC killed a "Turning Point" documentary on Big Tobacco. The text and some of the video (as QuickTime clips) is now available on this site.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - CJR - Lessons of the Sixty Minutes Cave-In
"Tobacco companies, when faced with damaging exposure, are increasingly resorting to expensive, intimidating, take-no-prisoners litigation to circumvent the First Amendment, strong-arm the press, silence witnesses, and keep important facts from coming to the public's attention".
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Coverage of Smoking in Women's Magazines
A review of 13 magazines across 5 months finds they dispense a lot of health advice but say little about smoking. Over that same period, those magazines ran over 300 cigarette ads.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - External Influences on News
Lecture outline for college class on media features tobacco examples of self-censorship by news organizations.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Interview of Dr. Stanton Glantz
Frontline interview; covers the Brown and Willaimson documents; the "settlement"; public health activities; the industry. "This is an industry whose whole thinking and behavior has been dominated by avoiding responsibility for its actions".
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Kiss My Ash
Article highlights the influence of tobacco ad dollars on news content by way of a personal account.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Lung Cancer Media Coverage
Lung cancer, the leading cancer killer of both men and women, is seriously under-reported when compared to other major cancers, according to a new study.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Partnership for a Drug-Free America: the tobacco connection
The Partnership loves to talk about illegal drugs. They are hard pressed to say anything about a drug that kills more Americans than all illegal drugs combined: tobacco. One reason may be, the Partnership has taken cash from Philip Morris and R. J. Reynolds.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Philip Hilts interview
Hilts was a New York Times correspondent covering the tobacco beat and has published a book on it. This interview covers the Brown and Williamson papers, industry legal and PR strategy, industry conduct, media response, and industry intimidation of journalists and media.
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