The Heartland Institute
One of the more greasy corporate-funded propaganda outfits I deal with in writing about the telecom sector is the Heartland Institute. Like countless other modern think tanks, they take cash donations from companies, hide their funding, then spew pseudo-scientific drivel into the national discourse for their clients. Their past efforts have included taking tobacco industry cash, then arguing that smoking-related health concerns are based on "junk science," while pretending to be protecting human rights.
Given we're a nation of morons, their tactics are very effective in placing seeds of doubt in the minds of sheople everywhere. The tactics and wording differ depending on the industry they're working for, but the message remains the same: government regulation of ANY kind kills innocent puppies, and WHOLESOME AMERICAN CORPORATIONS (TM) do absolutely nothing wrong. Ever.
They're a real high quality cabal, and as Bill Hicks would have said, I'm sure they sleep like babies.
This is their latest piece of drivel, taking aim at global warming: which we all clearly know was made up by Hollywood celebrities and hippies because they're just mean: