Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Diane Farsetta and Daniel Price: A multimedia report on television newsrooms' use of material provided by PR firms on behalf of paying clients

Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed: A multimedia report on television newsrooms' use of material provided by PR firms on behalf of paying clients
Diane Farsetta and Daniel Price
Center for Media and Democracy

This report includes:

Video footage of the 36 video news releases documented in this report, plus footage showing how actual TV newscasts incorporated them and/or a related satellite media tours.
A map showing the locations of the 77 television stations throughout the United States that aired this fake news.
An itemized list of the 77 television stations that aired this fake news, by state.

Link to the Report/Videos

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