EUGENE MEDIA ACTION
About EMA
"Toxic Sludge Is Good for You:The Public Relations Industry Unspun"
Narrated by Amy Goodman
Next Monday, April 25th
Cozmic Pizza
(199W. 8th Ave. in Eugene)
7:30 pm
In the news this week is the story
of a company using PR to convince the public that toxic sludge really
is good to spread around in a neighborhood. Find out how it's done next
Monday.
To help celebrate Earth Day on its eve, Eugene Media Action will show the film "Toxic Sludge Is Good for You: The Public Relations Industry Unspun" at Cozmic Pizza (199W. 8th Ave. in Eugene) beginning Monday, April 21st at 7:30 PM. The film is narrated by Amy Goodman and exposes how "PR" is used to distort news, silence debate, warp politics and sell wars.
This engaging film focuses on the sleazy methods used to cynically shift our perceptions, including the campaign to sneak genetically engineered produce past public scrutiny and on to your family's dinner table. "Toxic Sludge Is Good For You" tracks the development of the PR industry from early efforts to win popular American support for World War I to the role of crisis management in controlling the damage to corporate image.
Reintroducing its indie media documentary film series, EMA will join the Oregon Toxics Alliance in hosting a discussion after the film.
Admission is free but donations and purchase of DVDs for home use are encouraged.
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David Zupan
Eugene PeaceWorks/
Eugene Media Action
www.eugenepeaceworks.org
ph: 541-484-9167
email: zupandavid@gmail.com
To help celebrate Earth Day on its eve, Eugene Media Action will show the film "Toxic Sludge Is Good for You: The Public Relations Industry Unspun" at Cozmic Pizza (199W. 8th Ave. in Eugene) beginning Monday, April 21st at 7:30 PM. The film is narrated by Amy Goodman and exposes how "PR" is used to distort news, silence debate, warp politics and sell wars.
This engaging film focuses on the sleazy methods used to cynically shift our perceptions, including the campaign to sneak genetically engineered produce past public scrutiny and on to your family's dinner table. "Toxic Sludge Is Good For You" tracks the development of the PR industry from early efforts to win popular American support for World War I to the role of crisis management in controlling the damage to corporate image.
Reintroducing its indie media documentary film series, EMA will join the Oregon Toxics Alliance in hosting a discussion after the film.
Admission is free but donations and purchase of DVDs for home use are encouraged.
--
David Zupan
Eugene PeaceWorks/
Eugene Media Action
www.eugenepeaceworks.org
ph: 541-484-9167
email: zupandavid@gmail.com
Eugene Media Action is a committee of Eugene PeaceWorks working to educate
and empower citizens to view themselves as media critics and activists.
Media activism can range from lobbying mainstream media for more accuracy,
fairness and diversity to supporting or even becoming the independent media
During our seven-year history, we have sponsored many national and regional
speakers who have addressed media issues.
Two years ago, we were a primary group helping to organize in Eugene the
Peace Justice and Media conference where Jim Hightower and Molly Ivins spoke
and last year we co-sponsored a speaking panel with Daniel Ellsberg, Norman
Solomon and Medea Benjamin. Also last year we ran a weekly film festival at
Cozmic Pizza where over a dozen political films were shown to the public for
free. Our next event will be hosting the Stop the Wars Tour featuring Norman
Solomon, the author of a new book, _War Made Easy_ (see WarMadeEasy.com) and
David Rovics, the indie peace and justice folksinger on Sunday, October 23rd
at a location in Eugene to be determined.
Currently we have campaigns to have the progressive column of Norman
Solomon reinstated into the Register Guard newspaper and _to put the public back into public broadcasting_ in Oregon beginning with KLCC and the Jefferson Network. We often table at major community events with media related materials and welcome volunteers with or without media experience join our group.
Contact: David Zupan
Eugene Media Action
Phone: 541-484-9167