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'''Tech Central Station''' calls itself a web site "where free markets meet technology" and intersects with a range of affiliated think-tanks including [[International Policy Network]](IPN), the [[Sustainable Development Network]] (SDN), the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] (IEA) and the [[Scientific Alliance]].
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'''Tech Central Station''' (TCS) - until fall 2006, run by public affairs and lobbying firm [[DCI Group]] - describes itself as a web site "where free markets meet technology". TCS publishes daily original commentary, news and analysis, focused on economics, business, foreign affairs, technology, science, the environment, trade, and culture.  Some contributors are associated with conservative [[think tanks]] including [[International Policy Network]](IPN), the [[Sustainable Development Network]] (SDN), the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] (IEA) and the [[Scientific Alliance]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
  
Started in 2000 by [[James K. Glassman]], TCS is published and funded by Republican lobbying firm [[DCI Group]] and its clients.
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Started in 2000 by [[James K. Glassman]], TCS was published by [[DCI Group]]. Some DCI Group clients were also sponsors of TCS. DCI Group is a public affairs consulting and lobbying firm based in Washington DC.
  
During the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, [[Kendra Okonski]] wrote an article for the TechCentralStation web site, stating that "Africans are sacrificed on the altar of trendy green delusions."
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In October 2006 ''O'Dwyers PR Daily'' reported that the [[DCI Group]] had sold its TCSDaily online journal to the editor of the site [[Nick Schulz]]. On its website, TCS states that "on September 19, 2006, DCI Group LLC announced the sale of TCS Daily to its editor, Nick Schulz. As part of this process, our previous sponsorship agreements have expired. Updates about the transition in ownership will be posted on this page as they are available." <ref>[http://www.tcsdaily.com/about.aspx "About TCS Daily"], ''TCS Daily.com'', accessed October 2007.</ref>
  
Okonski works as co-ordinator for the London-based IPN and as the press contact for the SDN.  She formerly worked with the Washington-based [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] (CEI). [http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2003Q1/gm.html]
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==Featured Authors==
  
[[Paul Georgia]] writes on climate change issues, but gets basic physics wrong, indicating that either Tech Central Station's editors do not know basic science or that they do not review submitted pieces.
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* [[Kendra Okonski]] - During the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, Okonski wrote an article for the TechCentralStation web site, stating that "Africans are sacrificed on the altar of trendy green delusions." Okonski works as co-ordinator for the London-based IPN and as the press contact for the SDN.  She formerly worked with the Washington-based [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] (CEI). [https://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2003Q1/gm.html]
 
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* [[Paul Georgia]] writes on climate change issues, but gets basic physics wrong, indicating that either Tech Central Station's editors do not know basic science or that they do not review submitted pieces. Further lack of focus on scientific principles (as opposed to dogmatic or metaphysical ones) is evidenced by articles promoting the doctrine of [[Intelligent design]]. [http://techcentralstation.com/080805I.html]
TechCentralStation also runs frequent articles attacking the use of low-cost generic medicines, especially in developing countries, falsely seeking to claim that "generic" necessarily means "unsafe", along with other articles boosting the views of the international pharmaceutical industry. This frequently involves fierce criticism of the World Health Organization, NGOs or anyone else who speaks up for public health.
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* [[Alan Oxley]] is a writer and editor of TechCentralStation's Asia-Pacific pages.
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* [[Sandy Szwarc]]
  
 
==Funding==
 
==Funding==
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Current & past funders include:
  
 
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*[[Qualcomm]]
 
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In October 2006, two US Senators, [[Olympia Snowe]], (R-Maine), and [[Jay Rockefeller]], (D-W.Va.) wrote to [[ExxonMobil]]'s chairman and CEO [[Rex Tillerson]], asking that it "end any further financial assistance" to groups "whose public advocacy has contributed to the small but unfortunately effective climate change denial myth."  The Senators singled out TechCentralStation as one such group.  They wrote that "we are convinced that ExxonMobil's long-standing support of a small cadre of global climate change skeptics, and those skeptics' access to and influence on government policymakers, have made it increasingly difficult for the United States to demonstrate the moral clarity it needs across all facets of its diplomacy". [http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2612021&page=1]
  
 
==Contact Information==
 
==Contact Information==
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email: info AT techcentralstation.com
 
email: info AT techcentralstation.com
  
==Related SourceWatch Resources==
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==Articles and resources==
 
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===References===
*[[Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Republican Connection]]
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*[[DCI Group]]
 
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*[[Feather Larson & Synhorst DCI]]
 
*[[Feather Larson & Synhorst DCI]]
 
*[[TSE Enterprises]]
 
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*[[James K. Glassman]]
  
==External Links==
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===External resources===
 
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*"[[w:Tech central station|Tech central station]]," ''Wikipedia''
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===External articles===
*Andy Rowell and Bob Burton, &#8220;[http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2003Q1/gm.html Rising Rhetoric on Genetically Modified Crops]", ''PR Watch'', Volume 10 No 1, First quarter 2003.
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|publisher=John &amp; Belle Have A Blog:
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|title=Confessions of a Former Protein Sheath
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|url=http://examinedlife.typepad.com/johnbelle/2003/11/confessions_of_.html
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|author=John Holbo
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|quote=The problem is that there is good reason to suspect the whole kit and kaboodle is an engineered media virus with the honest convictions of all blogger-contributors composing a sort of protein sheath.}}
 
*Nicholas Confessore, "[http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0312.confessore.html Meet the Press: How James Glassman reinvented journalism--as lobbying]", ''Washington Monthly'', December 2003.
 
*Nicholas Confessore, "[http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0312.confessore.html Meet the Press: How James Glassman reinvented journalism--as lobbying]", ''Washington Monthly'', December 2003.
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*Andy Rowell and Bob Burton, &#8220;[https://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2003Q1/gm.html Rising Rhetoric on Genetically Modified Crops]", ''PR Watch'', Volume 10 No 1, First quarter 2003.
 
*Pamela Jones, "[http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031125203800604&query=techcentralstation A MS FUD Source Confirmed]", Groklaw, November 2003.
 
*Pamela Jones, "[http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031125203800604&query=techcentralstation A MS FUD Source Confirmed]", Groklaw, November 2003.
 
*Tim Lambert, [http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/cgi-bin/blog/science/georgia.html "Tech Central Station flunks Physics,"] ''Deltoid'', May 11, 2004.
 
*Tim Lambert, [http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/cgi-bin/blog/science/georgia.html "Tech Central Station flunks Physics,"] ''Deltoid'', May 11, 2004.
 
*"EDITOR'S NOTE: Digging deeper into criticism of 'Super Size Me,'" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 20, 2004: "Glassman was identified as a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (a well-known and respected conservative Washington think tank) and as host of a Web site called TechCentralStation.com, whose publicist distributed the piece to newspapers. What we did not know when we prepared the article for publication was that McDonald's is one of the 'sponsoring corporations' of TechCentralStation.com. A reader made us aware of that Tuesday afternoon. In a telephone interview, Glassman emphasized that the Web site openly acknowledges the sponsorship connections to McDonald's (along with AT&T, ExxonMobil Intel and others) on its 'About Us' page. 'We don't have anything to hide on that score,' he said. Glassman also said he had never been paid by or received any compensation from McDonald's and that writing about "Super Size Me" was not a conflict of interest. Reminded that TechCentralStation.com had failed to note the McDonald's sponsorship when it distributed Glassman's commentary about the movie and McDonald's, Glassman said, 'I'll make sure that's absolutely clear in the future'" [http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/Editorial+%2F+Commentary/F8713E38EB78949486256E9A0037C2D2?OpenDocument&Headline=EDITOR'S+NOTE%3A+Digging+deeper+into+criticism+of+%22Super+Size+]
 
*"EDITOR'S NOTE: Digging deeper into criticism of 'Super Size Me,'" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 20, 2004: "Glassman was identified as a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (a well-known and respected conservative Washington think tank) and as host of a Web site called TechCentralStation.com, whose publicist distributed the piece to newspapers. What we did not know when we prepared the article for publication was that McDonald's is one of the 'sponsoring corporations' of TechCentralStation.com. A reader made us aware of that Tuesday afternoon. In a telephone interview, Glassman emphasized that the Web site openly acknowledges the sponsorship connections to McDonald's (along with AT&T, ExxonMobil Intel and others) on its 'About Us' page. 'We don't have anything to hide on that score,' he said. Glassman also said he had never been paid by or received any compensation from McDonald's and that writing about "Super Size Me" was not a conflict of interest. Reminded that TechCentralStation.com had failed to note the McDonald's sponsorship when it distributed Glassman's commentary about the movie and McDonald's, Glassman said, 'I'll make sure that's absolutely clear in the future'" [http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/Editorial+%2F+Commentary/F8713E38EB78949486256E9A0037C2D2?OpenDocument&Headline=EDITOR'S+NOTE%3A+Digging+deeper+into+criticism+of+%22Super+Size+]
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*"[http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/1027dci_sells_tcs.htm DCI Sells TCSDaily]", ''O'Dwyers PR daily'', October 27, 2006. (Sub req'd).
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[[Category:Media]] [[Category:Global warming skeptics]]
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Latest revision as of 21:12, 11 October 2017

Tech Central Station (TCS) - until fall 2006, run by public affairs and lobbying firm DCI Group - describes itself as a web site "where free markets meet technology". TCS publishes daily original commentary, news and analysis, focused on economics, business, foreign affairs, technology, science, the environment, trade, and culture. Some contributors are associated with conservative think tanks including International Policy Network(IPN), the Sustainable Development Network (SDN), the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and the Scientific Alliance.

History

Started in 2000 by James K. Glassman, TCS was published by DCI Group. Some DCI Group clients were also sponsors of TCS. DCI Group is a public affairs consulting and lobbying firm based in Washington DC.

In October 2006 O'Dwyers PR Daily reported that the DCI Group had sold its TCSDaily online journal to the editor of the site Nick Schulz. On its website, TCS states that "on September 19, 2006, DCI Group LLC announced the sale of TCS Daily to its editor, Nick Schulz. As part of this process, our previous sponsorship agreements have expired. Updates about the transition in ownership will be posted on this page as they are available." [1]

Featured Authors

  • Kendra Okonski - During the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, Okonski wrote an article for the TechCentralStation web site, stating that "Africans are sacrificed on the altar of trendy green delusions." Okonski works as co-ordinator for the London-based IPN and as the press contact for the SDN. She formerly worked with the Washington-based Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). [1]
  • Paul Georgia writes on climate change issues, but gets basic physics wrong, indicating that either Tech Central Station's editors do not know basic science or that they do not review submitted pieces. Further lack of focus on scientific principles (as opposed to dogmatic or metaphysical ones) is evidenced by articles promoting the doctrine of Intelligent design. [2]
  • Alan Oxley is a writer and editor of TechCentralStation's Asia-Pacific pages.
  • Sandy Szwarc

Funding

Current & past funders include:

In October 2006, two US Senators, Olympia Snowe, (R-Maine), and Jay Rockefeller, (D-W.Va.) wrote to ExxonMobil's chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson, asking that it "end any further financial assistance" to groups "whose public advocacy has contributed to the small but unfortunately effective climate change denial myth." The Senators singled out TechCentralStation as one such group. They wrote that "we are convinced that ExxonMobil's long-standing support of a small cadre of global climate change skeptics, and those skeptics' access to and influence on government policymakers, have made it increasingly difficult for the United States to demonstrate the moral clarity it needs across all facets of its diplomacy". [3]

Contact Information

Tech Central Station
P.O. Box 33705
Washington, DC 20033
Phone: 800-619-5258
Fax: 202-572-6278
web site: www.techcentralstation.com
email: info AT techcentralstation.com

Articles and resources

References

  1. "About TCS Daily", TCS Daily.com, accessed October 2007.

Related SourceWatch articles

External resources

External articles

  • John Holbo (2003-11-20). Confessions of a Former Protein Sheath. John & Belle Have A Blog:. Retrieved on 2011-03-29. “The problem is that there is good reason to suspect the whole kit and kaboodle is an engineered media virus with the honest convictions of all blogger-contributors composing a sort of protein sheath.”
  • Nicholas Confessore, "Meet the Press: How James Glassman reinvented journalism--as lobbying", Washington Monthly, December 2003.
  • Andy Rowell and Bob Burton, “Rising Rhetoric on Genetically Modified Crops", PR Watch, Volume 10 No 1, First quarter 2003.
  • Pamela Jones, "A MS FUD Source Confirmed", Groklaw, November 2003.
  • Tim Lambert, "Tech Central Station flunks Physics," Deltoid, May 11, 2004.
  • "EDITOR'S NOTE: Digging deeper into criticism of 'Super Size Me,'" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 20, 2004: "Glassman was identified as a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (a well-known and respected conservative Washington think tank) and as host of a Web site called TechCentralStation.com, whose publicist distributed the piece to newspapers. What we did not know when we prepared the article for publication was that McDonald's is one of the 'sponsoring corporations' of TechCentralStation.com. A reader made us aware of that Tuesday afternoon. In a telephone interview, Glassman emphasized that the Web site openly acknowledges the sponsorship connections to McDonald's (along with AT&T, ExxonMobil Intel and others) on its 'About Us' page. 'We don't have anything to hide on that score,' he said. Glassman also said he had never been paid by or received any compensation from McDonald's and that writing about "Super Size Me" was not a conflict of interest. Reminded that TechCentralStation.com had failed to note the McDonald's sponsorship when it distributed Glassman's commentary about the movie and McDonald's, Glassman said, 'I'll make sure that's absolutely clear in the future'" [4]
  • "DCI Sells TCSDaily", O'Dwyers PR daily, October 27, 2006. (Sub req'd).

Wikipedia also has an article on Tech Central Station. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.