John Stauber
John Stauber founded the non-profit, non-partisan Center for Media & Democracy and its newsmagazine PR Watch in 1993 in Madison, Wisconsin. He has since served as the Center's executive director but announced in February, 2009 that he would be leaving CMD for new challenges.
Stauber co-authored six books for CMD including the 2003 New York Times bestseller Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq. He is an investigative writer, public speaker and democracy advocate whose leadership on controversial public issues began in high school when he organized to end the U.S. war in Vietnam and for the first Earth Day. He has begun or worked with many non-profit public interest groups.
In collaboration with Sheldon Rampton, he has co-authored these books:
- Toxic Sludge Is Good For You! Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry'' (1995)
- Mad Cow U.S.A. (1997)
- Trust Us, We're Experts! How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future (2001)
- Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq (2003)
- Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing Is Turning America Into a One-Party State (2004)
- The Best War Ever: Lies, Damned Lies and the Mess in Iraq (2006)
Stauber's articles, op-eds and interviews have appeared in scores of publications and websites. He has contributed research and writing to books by others including G.I. Guinea Pigs (1980) and Secrets and Lies (1999). As an investigator and author he has been featured, interviewed or quoted by the PBS News Hour, Washington Post, New York Times, Der Spiegel, International Herald Tribune, USA Today, Week, On The Media, CNN, NPR's On Point, CBC, Democracy Now and other news media.
Watch online a 2004 GNN.TV interview with John Stauber or a September 2006 interview during a book speaking tour, or a 2008 appearance on the PBS NewsHour
Read John Stauber's blog
John Stauber's email address is: stauber AT tds.net
On his own time, Stauber is also a non-paid advisor to the following organizations:
