Political Parties Listening to Mobile Operators (MOA) - How the media should respond to science "scare stories"
Found the following piece on page 7 of the current issue of Private Eye, discussing the planned goings on at the forthcoming ruling Labour Party's autumn conference in Manchester. I thought you might be interested.
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/privateeye_clipping.jpg
Informant: Eileen O'Connor
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Lib-Dems too
Lib-Dem Conference Brighton 2006
Fringe Event Sponsored by-
Social Market Foundation and Mobile Operators Association
Science fact or science fiction?
How should politicians respond to media scare stories?
Dr Evan Harris MP, Shadow Science Spokesperson;
Alok Jha, Science Correspondent The Guardian;
Mike Dolan, Executive Director MOA.
Chair: Natalie Parry, SMF.
18.15-19.15hrs Tues. 19 Sept.
Norfolk Room, Hilton Brighton Metropole
(artjar)
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Conservatives:
1pm Tuesday 3rd Ocotober 2006
Piano Room, Bourne Hall Hotel, 14 Priory Road, West Cliff, Bournemouth BH2 5DN
Science fact or science fiction:
How should politicians respond to media scare stories?
Charles Hendry MP, Shadow Minister for Energy, Science and Technology
Nigel Hawkes, Health Editor, The Times
Mike Dolan, Executive Director, MOA
Professor Colin Blakemore, Chief Executive, Medical Research Council (tbc)
Chair: Natalie Tarry, Director of Research, Social Market Foundation
If you missed it at the LibDem conference, the Mobile Operators Association are also sponsoring the establishment /big biz counter to informed criticism (or 'media scare stories' as they prefer to call them), at both the other main UK autumn Party conferences. Note the other participants - Colin Blakemore, who obligingly helped out Airwave repel health objections during their hour of need, Sir John 'GM' Krebs and Ben 'Bad Science' Goldarce. The Social Market Foundation - is a Blairite pro-market 'think tank', see - http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation
Informant: Eileen O'Connor
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/privateeye_clipping.jpg
Informant: Eileen O'Connor
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Lib-Dems too
Lib-Dem Conference Brighton 2006
Fringe Event Sponsored by-
Social Market Foundation and Mobile Operators Association
Science fact or science fiction?
How should politicians respond to media scare stories?
Dr Evan Harris MP, Shadow Science Spokesperson;
Alok Jha, Science Correspondent The Guardian;
Mike Dolan, Executive Director MOA.
Chair: Natalie Parry, SMF.
18.15-19.15hrs Tues. 19 Sept.
Norfolk Room, Hilton Brighton Metropole
(artjar)
From Mast Sanity/Mast Network
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Conservatives:
1pm Tuesday 3rd Ocotober 2006
Piano Room, Bourne Hall Hotel, 14 Priory Road, West Cliff, Bournemouth BH2 5DN
Science fact or science fiction:
How should politicians respond to media scare stories?
Charles Hendry MP, Shadow Minister for Energy, Science and Technology
Nigel Hawkes, Health Editor, The Times
Mike Dolan, Executive Director, MOA
Professor Colin Blakemore, Chief Executive, Medical Research Council (tbc)
Chair: Natalie Tarry, Director of Research, Social Market Foundation
If you missed it at the LibDem conference, the Mobile Operators Association are also sponsoring the establishment /big biz counter to informed criticism (or 'media scare stories' as they prefer to call them), at both the other main UK autumn Party conferences. Note the other participants - Colin Blakemore, who obligingly helped out Airwave repel health objections during their hour of need, Sir John 'GM' Krebs and Ben 'Bad Science' Goldarce. The Social Market Foundation - is a Blairite pro-market 'think tank', see - http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation
Informant: Eileen O'Connor
rudkla - 19. Sep, 14:45
