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It Was A Very False Year: The 2005 Falsies Awards (2367 words) |
 | The coveted Gold Falsies Award of 2005 goes to the video news release industry (with a nod to their accomplices in television newsrooms). |
| The Silver Falsies Award goes to the mainstream media and the Bush administration, for "Not Counting the Dead." |
| In October, President Bush held a videoconference with U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq that was billed as a "back-and-forth with the troops." However, a premature satellite feed showed Allison Barber, a senior Pentagon official and former president of the PR firm Sodenta, rehearsing the "spontaneous" conversation with the soldiers. |
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Falsies on parade: the worst spinners of 2006 | Reclaim the Media (1974 words) |
| We are pleased to offer each Falsies winner a prize that truly reflects their contributions to the public debate: a fake identity kit (see above), a one-way ticket to Palookaville, and a free subscription to the email service that keeps sending us offers for herbal Viagra and business opportunities involving former Nigerian dictators. |
| These silver-tongued communicators share their Silver Falsie with the Radio-Television News Directors Association, a broadcasters' group that smeared the April report as "inaccurate, misleading and unreliable," and attempted to wrap fake news in the First Amendment. |
| To compile this year's Falsies Awards, CMD staff used a highly scientific, double-blinded survey method in which each CMD staff member participated anonymously by wearing a fake nose, mustache and eyeglasses while listing his or her personal top proposed award nominees. |
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