National Anxiety Center

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The National Anxiety Center was founded in 1990 by American business and science writer and Public relations consultant Alan Caruba as "a clearinghouse" whose "original purpose was to debunk ... claims made by environmental and consumer organizations ... engaged in deliberately false, mass media-driven scare campaigns" about matters such as global warming and ozone depletion.[1][2][3] The National Anxiety Center continues to highlight environmental and consumer issues and concerns that Caruba regards as either overblown or overlooked by the media. According to Caruba, who solicits donations on behalf of the center on its website, it is "not intended to be a profit center."[1] From that presentation, it appears to be a not-for-profit organization based in South Orange, New Jersey.[1]

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[edit] The Chicken Little Award

The Chicken Little Award is a dubious achievement award given by the center to people and organizations that Caruba considers to be engaged in "deliberately false, mass media-driven scare campaigns" regarding environmental matters.[1]

[edit] The Center's featured links

Among scores of "featured links" to mostly-conservative media organizations and related groups, the Anxiety Center offers several links to "Internet sites [that] operate under the aegis of The Caruba Organization or are affiliated with it," or with Alan Caruba, its founding owner, including:

  • The Caruba Organization
  • Bookviews
  • Yearbook.com
  • NewsReleaseWire.com
  • Expert Click[4]

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Alan Caruba, "About the Center", National Anxiety Center, accessed June 27, 2007.
  2. ^ Alan Caruba, "Where Read. Where Published. Where Heard", The Caruba Organization, accessed June 27, 2007.
  3. ^ Alan Caruba, "Caruba's Credentials", The Caruba Organization, accessed June 25, 2007.

[edit] External links

  • National Anxiety Center website. (Serves also as a blog for Alan Caruba, who posts his articles on it periodically.)
  • "Links" featured by the National Anxiety Center.
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