TY - ADVS AU - Robb,Margo AU - Alper,Loretta AU - Jhally,Sut AU - Goodman,Amy ED - Media Education Foundation. TI - Toxic sludge is good for you: the public relations industry unspun SN - 1893521745 AV - HD59.6.U6 T69 2003 U1 - 659.20973 22 PY - 2003/// CY - Northampton, MA PB - Media Education Foundation KW - Corporations KW - Public relations KW - United States KW - Industrial publicity KW - Corrupt practices KW - Public relations firms N1 - Originally produced in 2002; Sections; The PR industry; Roots in conflict; Not local, not news; Third party advocacy; Selling wars;; Controlling damage & managing crisis; Silencing debate --; Extra features; Public relations vs. journalism;; More on video news releases; More on genetically modified food; Co-opting movements; Astroturf;; Perception management; Democracy in a PR world; Camera, Kelly Garner; editor, Jeremy Smith ; production manager, Kelly Garner; Narrated by Amy Goodman N2 - 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. The video analyzes the tools public relations professionals use to shift our perceptions including a look at the coordinated PR campaign to slip genetically engineered food past public scrutiny ER -