This letter has been cited at length in Enforcement at the EPA: High Stakes and Hard Choices, by Joel A Mintz and in Crowded Airwaves: Campaign Advertising in Elections. Or even when President Woodrow Wilson complained that the 'newspapers are being filled with advertisements calculated to mislead the judgment not only of public men, but also the public opinion of the country itself.' Or in 1936, when 'The Ford Sunday Evening Hour' of orchestral music devoted its commercial time to 'talks' excoriating New Deal policies such as Social Security.

Issue advertising was not even new in 1950, when the American Medical Association fought President Harry Truman's health care plan with advertising in 10,000 newspapers, 30 national magazines and 1,000 radio stations. to propagandize the public into believing that our environmental concerns have been overstated.' Or 20 years ago, when Russell Train, Environmental Protection Agency director, attacked it as 'a well organized campaign. Or 15 years ago, when oil company advertising against President Carter's energy policy prompted a Congressional investigation. ' was not new 10 years ago, when the nuclear power industry initiated a $30 million television ad campaign as part of its lobbying effort. His 1993 letter to the editor published in The New York Times on 'Issue Advertising' discusses the phenomenon that continues to this day, where the past is forgotten and an old tactic is presented as new. Konda published his first book, Conspiracies of Conspiracies, with the University of Chicago Press. While publishing scholarly work as an academic, it was not until retirement that Dr. Throughout his career he focused on media markets and political advertising, writing in The New York Times about the health care industry's advertisements attacking the Clinton health plan in 1993. He began teaching at Plattsburgh State in 1986 and was a favorite of students for decades. Thomas Milan Konda is author of the book Conspiracies of Conspiracies and is professor emeritus of political science at State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Please introduce links to this page from related articles try the Find link tool for suggestions. This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it.

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