PEJ News - C. L. Cook - This week: Vancouver-based author, John Vaillant and The Golden Spruce, a tale of myth, madness, and greed in B.C.'s woods.
And, Sheldon Rampton of the Center for Media and Democracy and the PR spinning of the benefits of toxic sludge and other damn lies.
And, Janine Bandcroft bringing us up to speed with all the good things to do in and around Victoria in the coming week.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, 104.3 cable, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.ca He also serves as a contributing editor at the progressive web news site: http://www.pej.org.
You can check out the GR blog at: http://GorillaRadioBlog.blogspot.com
Can good come from an evil act done with right intent? Means and ends: A question at heart of so much human misery paving, as the saying goes: “…the road to hell with good intentions.”
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In 1997, Grant Hadwin, a timber scout and outdoorsman disappeared in British Columbia’s rugged coastal north. Hadwin’s life had recently taken a turn; after years of working in logging, he had come to despise the wanton destruction of his beloved wild, becoming an environmental advocate and blistering critic of the industry.
His final days and his ultimate fate is an enduring mystery and frontier legend. John Vaillant is a Vancouver-based writer who has written for, among other publications, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and National Geographic Adventure. His first book, The Golden Spruce chronicles the strange tale of Grant Hadwin.
John Vaillant in the first half.
And; whether you call it “perception management,” “spin,” “PR,” or just “flackery,” it amounts to the same thing: You are being fed B.S. designed to protect someone from public outrage.
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The Public Relations industry has grown to massive proportions; thanks in no small part to the rampant corruption and general perfidy ruling both politics and business today.
Sheldon Rampton is a journalist and author whose titles, co-authored with John Stauber, include: Toxic Sludge is Good for You! Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry, Mad Cow U.S.A., Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush’s War on Iraq, and his latest, Banana Republic: How the Right Wing is Turning America into a One-Party State. He’s also the Research Director for the Center for Media & Democracy, where he produces its “encyclopaedia of propaganda” Disinfopedia.
Sheldon Rampton and the damnable lies of the PR industry in the second half.
And; Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us up to speed with all that’s good to do in and around Victoria this week. But first, John Vaillant and The Golden Spruce: a true tale of myth, madness, and greed.
G-Radio is dedicated to social justice, the environment, community, and providing a forum for people and issues not covered in the mainstream media.
Some past guests include: M. Junaid Alam, Joel Bakan, Maude Barlow, David Barsamian, William Blum, Luciana Bohne, Vincent Bugliosi, Helen Caldicott, Noam Chomsky, Michel Chossudovsky, Diane Christian, Juan Cole, David Cromwell, Jon Elmer, Reese Erlich, Anthony Fenton, Jim Fetzer, Laura Flanders, Chris Floyd, Susan George, Stan Goff, Robert Greenwald, Denis Halliday, Chris Hedges, Sander Hicks, Julia Butterfly Hill, Robert Jensen, Dahr Jamail, Diana Johnstone, Kathy Kelly, Naomi Klein, Anthony Lappe, Frances Moore Lappe, Dave Lindorff, Jim Lobe, Jennifer Loewenstein, Wayne Madsen, Stephen Marshall, Linda McQuaig, George Monbiot, Loretta Napoleoni, John Nichols, Kurt Nimmo, Greg Palast, Michael Parenti, William Rivers Pitt, Sheldon Rampton, Paul Craig Roberts, Paul de Rooij, John Ross, Danny Schechter, Vandana Shiva, Norman Solomon, Starhawk, Grant Wakefield, Paul Watson, Bernard Weiner, Mickey Z., Dave Zirin, and many others.
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