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OPINION EDITORIALS

Nov 18, 2008The Hill Blog Eating Safely and Mercifully - Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production
Nov 06, 2008The Philadelphia Inquirer PGW Has Potential to Change - Economy League of Greater Phila.
Nov 03, 2008The Atlanta Journal Constitution Let Public See Doctors’ Ties to Drug Companies - The Pew Charitable Trusts

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PEW IN THE MEDIA

Oct 23, 2008The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Candidates' Successes, Slumps in Polls Often Echoed by Media Coverage - Pew Research Center
Oct 22, 2008The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Impact of Race on Election Remains an Unknown Factor - Pew Research Center
Oct 14, 2008WAMU - The Diane Rehm Show Election Preparedness - electionline.org

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MEDIA COVERAGE

Nov 19, 2008Reuters Politicians Persuaded to Save Canada Boreal Forest - International Boreal Conservation Campaign
Nov 16, 2008Miami Herald Salmonella Scare Bungled, Study Finds - Produce Safety Project
Nov 15, 2008National Journal Environmental Groups Get In Some Target Practice - The Pew Charitable Trusts

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