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To: Thomas M. who wrote (712)	1/30/2003 6:25:50 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1296

Turning the Tide (p165) <<< According to Thomas McCann, an employee in the public relations department of United Fruit during the 1950s, "The core of Bernays' strategy was the selection of the most influential communications media in America - the New York Times, several other newspapers, two or three major newsmagazines, the wire services and the electronic networks - followed by a high-level saturation campaign to expose those media reporters to the company's version of the facts." According to McCann, "A great deal of the news of Central America which appeared in the North American press (from 1953 to 1960) was supplied, edited and sometimes made by United Fruit's public relations department in New York." >>>