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'''Visit SourceWatch's new portal on [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Corporate_Rights corporate "rights."]'''</div> This special [[SourceWatch]] page has links to the real story about the [[Supreme Court]]'s revolutionary and unconstitutional decision asserting that federal laws cannot limit corporate "speech." This special page, and the linked pages, also document who is behind the argument that <i>we the people</i> should not be able to regulate corporations, such as [[Citizens United]], which was founded by [[Floyd Brown]] of the infamous [[Willie Horton]] smear campaign against then-Presidential candidate [[Michael Dukakis]]. It also features information on efforts to change the law to put [http://tinyurl.com/AmericansBeforeCorporations people <i>before</i> corporations]. Check out the resources below and [http://tinyurl.com/AmericansBeforeCorporations click here] or click on the badge to your right to help put "Americans <i>Before</i> Corporations."
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The [http://www.prwatch.org '''Center for Media and Democracy'''] (CMD) publishes [[SourceWatch:Purpose|'''SourceWatch''']], this collaborative, specialized encyclopedia of the people, organizations, and issues shaping the public agenda.</span> SourceWatch profiles the activities of [[front groups]], [[public relations professionals|PR spinners]], [[industry-friendly experts]], [[industry-funded organizations]], and [[think tanks]] trying to influence public opinion on behalf of [[corporations]] or government. We also highlight key public policies they are trying to affect and provide ways to get involved. To get started, there's a link to your left on the basics of how you can help write history. We also have guides, such as [[How to research front groups|how to research front groups]] and uncover [[Resources for studying propaganda|propaganda]] tactics such as the use of the "[[third party technique]]," as well as [[Research using the web|great insider tips for web researching]]. Welcome to the '''SourceWatch''' community! [[User:Lisa Graves|Lisa Graves]]
P.S. Please check out our hot topics, to your left, and new analysis below, including updates from our '''[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Real_Economy_Project Real Economy Project]'''.
<em>''Key stats'': Contributors like you have created '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles since 2003, and almost '''six million visitors''' read our stories each year. (This site was launched by the [http://www.prwatch.org '''Center for Media and Democracy'''] as "[http://www.prwatch.org/node/3205 '''Disinfopedia''']" and became '''SourceWatch''' in 2005.) </em>
