Media-Influence

Wolff Reports Trump Team's Media Leverage Attempt with Warner Bros. Discovery

| Importance: 7/10

Michael Wolff revealed that the Trump team suggested to Warner Bros. Discovery that giving Donald Trump Jr. an outdoors show could help the network curry favor with the White House, highlighting ongoing attempts to leverage media relationships for political advantage

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Bernie Sanders Appears on Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan Later Endorses Sanders for President

| Importance: 7/10

Bernie Sanders appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience (Episode #1330) on August 6, 2019, during his 2020 presidential campaign. The 1-hour-13-minute interview covered healthcare, climate change, criminal justice reform, and Sanders’ anti-establishment political message. Months later, in January …

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Competitive Enterprise Institute Launches "CO2 is Life" Advertising Campaign

| Importance: 8/10

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) launched a national television advertising campaign on May 18, 2006, featuring two 60-second spots promoting carbon dioxide as beneficial and dismissing climate change concerns. The ads aired in 14 U.S. cities from May 18-28, 2006, strategically timed to …

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American Petroleum Institute "Victory" Memo Outlines Climate Disinformation Strategy

| Importance: 8/10

The American Petroleum Institute (API) organized and funded a Global Climate Science Communications Plan, revealed in the leaked “Victory” memo outlining a multiyear, multimillion-dollar scheme to create uncertainty about established climate science. Created months after the Kyoto …

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American Petroleum Institute "Victory" Memo Exposes Climate Disinformation Strategy

| Importance: 9/10

The American Petroleum Institute (API) organized and funded a sophisticated Global Climate Science Communications Plan designed to systematically create doubt about established climate science. Leaked in April 1998, this strategy memo outlined a multimillion-dollar campaign to undermine public …

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