How Big Tobacco Corrupts Science
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Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/03/02/Does_Corporate_Funding_Corrupt_Science Robert Proctor, Professor of the History of Science at Stanford University, explains ways in which the tobacco industry has manipulated science. Proctor argues that tobacco-friendly scientific research was "mounting a gigantic confusion campaign." ---- Some 65%... Read more
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- -: How Big Tobacco Corrupts Science
March 13, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/03/02/Does_Corporate_Funding_Corrupt_Science Robert Proctor, Professor of the History of Science at Stanford University, explains ways in which the tobacco industry has manipulated science. Proctor argues that tobacco-friendly scientific research was "mounti...
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- -: Gabriel Byrne Praises Irish PM for Speaking Against the Vatican
December 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/12/11/James_X_Talkback_with_Mannix_Flynn_and_Gabriel_Byrne Gabriel Byrne, director of "James X," a play about sexual abuse in the Irish Catholic church, commends Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny for speaking out against the Vatican, an act that resulted in t...
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- -: Bill Bradley - Big Money, Lobbyists, and American Politics
July 23, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1124 Former New Jersey Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Bradley criticizes the influence of lobbyists and high-dollar campaign contributors on American politics. ----- "A Troubling Nexus: Big Money and Politics" with Se...
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- -: Justin Frank on George W. Bush: Why Be President?
January 25, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/19/Justin_Frank_Inside_the_Mind_of_President_Bush Psychiatrist Justin Frank speculates on George W. Bush's motivations for wanting to become President of the United States, and wonders if Bush may have been too "anxious" for the job. ----- Justin Frank...
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- -: Developed Nations' Views of Developing Nations' Politics
January 28, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/11/Bangladesh_s_Swing_to_Radicalism Pakistani scholar and diplomat Husain Haqqani criticizes developed nations' views of so-called "Third World" politics and politicians. ----- Broken Pendulum: Bangladesh's Swing to Radicalism with discussants Maneeza ...
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- -: Congress and the New Corruption - Lawrence Lessig
October 2, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/13/Lawrence_Lessig_Wants_to_Change_Congress Stanford Law Professor and Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig argues that while politicians have historically taken money from special interest groups for their own personal benefit, they now must cater t...
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- -: Lawrence Lessig: Real Change Starts With Election Reform
January 20, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/14/Lawrence_Lessig_Remix Stanford law professor and digital rights advocate Lawrence Lessig discusses the importance of finance reform for Congressional elections. Lessig argues that large private donations to politicians inherently limit the public's fa...
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- -: Can Wall Street Reform? - William D. Cohan
April 13, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/06/William_Cohan_House_of_Cards "Wall Street is the ultimate Darwinian Petri dish," says House of Cards author William D. Cohan. "It's capitalism at its most ruthless, most fundamental." Cohan is not optimistic that Wall Street will ever truly reform, ev...
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- -: John Bogle Slams Managerial Capitalism
June 9, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/13/The_Culture_that_Spawned_the_Crisis_A_Closer_Look John Bogle, founder and retired CEO of The Vanguard Group, holds the managers of mutual funds liable for the financial crisis. He blames the "sea change" in the nature of capitalism -- from "traditiona...
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- -: Michael Moore Told to 'Cool It' on Senator Dodd
September 24, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/17/Filmmaker_Michael_Moore_on_Capitalism_A_Love_Story Filmmaker Michael Moore calls out Senator Chris Dodd in his latest documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, for receiving corrupt sweetheart loans from Countrywide Financial. Moore discloses a recent ph...
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