media and think-tank researcher

Unravelling the Right, Reframing the Left

Donald Gutstein

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Fraser Institute Bankruptcy Mini Study Spins Facts

16 Jul '09

The Fraser Institute’s motto is: “If it matters, measure it.” Mark Twain had a different take: “Lies, damn lies, and statistics.” It’s easy for statistics to become lies. A recent Fraser Institute mini study demonstrates how this can happen. This study was produced to contribute to the heated debate in the United States over Barack [...]

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Not a Conspiracy Theory: How Business Propaganda Hijacks Democracy

“North Americans have expressed themselves loud and clear on a wide range of issues–like the need for expanded and affordable health care-but it often feels like the politicians in power aren’t really listening.

The truth is, maybe they aren’t.

In Not a Conspiracy Theory, Donald Gutstein skillfully documents one of the most important but least recognized political developments in the last thirty years: the prolonged propaganda campaigns mounted by business to change our minds on fundamental issues of social life.”