Talk:Sheldon Rampton

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The subject of this article, Sheldon Rampton, has edited Wikipedia as Sheldon Rampton (talk • contribs).

[edit] PR Watch

PR Watch monitors deceptive and manipulative public relations firms, such as the creation of "front groups" -- organizations that purport to represent a popular public agenda, when in fact their message is tailored to serve the specific interests of a client whose sponsorship of the organization is hidden.

Above text makes PR Watch seem more general than it really is. Rampton's website and newsletter actually only go after groups trying to debunk his environmentalist agenda. --Uncle Ed 20:45 Jan 15, 2003 (UTC)

Actually, PR Watch does more than expose anti-environmental front groups. --Sheldon Rampton 04:10 22 Jun 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism of CMD

"Defenders of the public relations industry regard their writings as one-sided and hostile." The paragraph that begins with that sentence, shouldn't it be moved to the CMD page, or atleast taken off of this one? Grice 11:18, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

NPOV issue: "Rampton founded Disinfopedia (now known as SourceWatch), another CMD project, to complement his PR Watch work to expose deceptive and misleading public relations campaigns." is NOT NPOV.

Actually it is, if that's why he founded it. It doesn't have to provide that service, but if that's the purpose, the mission statement, etc. then its fine. If you feel its not what is accomplished, provide sources and citations after the claim on why it was founded to discuss why it doesn't meet its established goals. -Visorstuff 17:53, 2 June 2006 (UTC)