12/3/2008 How Do I Listen? Archived programs are streamed in the Real Audio Format. Click here to download   Problems Listening? Try this Direct Listen Link if the "Listen to Show" button to the right does not work   Hosted by: Dick Gordon Show Originally Aired: 10/1/2004 CALL 1 800-423-TALK The Invisible Sell (AP) Email to friend Some say PR is everywhere now -- the industry does everything from selling soap to selling the men who would be president -- and that's just fine. But others say that the fact that PR is so ubiquitous makes it dangerous -- and that when an unseen army of PR professionals mixes marketing messages into a citizen's daily diet of news and information, democracy is at risk. Related Shows Rush Limbaugh and Right-Wing Radio On Point (10/14/2003) TV's New Reality On Point (01/30/2003) FCC on the Warpath On Point (03/10/2004) 9/11 Movie Preview Here And Now (05/30/2003) The Real World Gone Weirder The Connection (06/03/2002) Documentary Doubts The Connection (09/20/2004) Related Links Marketing Guru: Racing Not Keeping Up With the Joneses (Bloodhorse.com) Relax, Mr. Stauber, Public Relations Ain't that Dangerous By Fraser P. Seitel (Media Channel) Center for Media and Democracy Laura Reis, author of "The Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR" John Stauber, founder, Center for Media and Democracy and PR Watch Fraser Seitel, author of "IdeaWise"

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