The fat white men at HumaneWatch are affiliated with (paid by) Berman & Co., lobbyists for such philanthropic groups as Outback Steakhouse, Wendy's, and Hooters. Scan the article on SourceWatch for more.
A front group is an organization that purports to represent one agenda while in reality it serves some other party or interest whose sponsorship is hidden or rarely mentioned. The front group is perhaps the most easily recognized use of the third party propaganda technique. One of the best examples is Rick Berman's Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), which claims that its mission is to defend the rights of consumers to choose to eat, drink and smoke as they please. In reality, though, CCF is a front group for the tobacco, restaurant and alcoholic beverage industries, which provide all or most of its funding.
From ABC7News:
From ABC7News:
David Martosko: "I don't know the firms that send the Center for Consumer Freedom money. I don't want to know. It's not my business to know."
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