I think the sheer scale of deception involved is hard to grasp here. Also the methods: how was it even possible?
This PR Watch article helps: http://www.prwatch.org/improp/ctr.html.
It’s about the CTR, or Council for Tobacco Research. For over 40 years it pretended to be a responsible tobacco industry effort: funding research on smoking and health. In […]
The trial will be held at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse, which is located at 333 Constitution Avenue (between 3rd Street and 4th Street). The first 2 days of the trial will take place in the “ceremonial” court room on the 6th floor, #20, which is […]
If you’re planning to cross the mall, by car or on foot, be aware that there will be a parade celebrating the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian. Starting at 9 AM, some 20,000 American Indians will be marching in full regalia from the Congress end of the Mall down to […]
“In a nonjury trial scheduled to start here on Tuesday in Federal District Court, the government is seeking to strip the companies - disgorgement, in legal terms - of $280 billion that Justice Department lawyers say was earned through fraud. As the largest civil case ever prosecuted under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organizations […]
“The government opens arguments in its $280 billion civil racketeering lawsuit against the cigarette industry tomorrow, with the future of big tobacco in the balance. In the biggest civil racketeering case in history, the Justice Department alleges massive, coordinated fraud to conceal tobacco’s deadly and addictive nature….”
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