Media highlights.April--Consumers' Research magazine: "Payday Lending--Lessons from History," by Executive Director Frances Smith. April 5--KHNC Johnstown, Colorado The Town of Johnstown is a home rule municipality located in Weld County and Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The population was 3,827 at the 2000 census. Population estimates in 2005 place the population at 7,250. Policy Analyst James Plummer on American Freedom Network "Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots 1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty. 2. Excellent. Valentine Show" about privacy issues. April 28--National Public Radio "Marketplace"--Smith on Visa/Master Card antitrust lawsuit. May--Navigator--extensive interview with Frances Smith on Consumer Alert; cover story "Power to the Purchasers!" May--Consumers' Research, "Will Consumers be Left Out of Agricultural Negotiations?" by Policy Analyst Barbara Rippel. May 2--New York's Journal-News quotes Smith on Visa/Master Card antitrust lawsuit May 5--National Review Online--Smith on Visa/MC antitrust, "Carded." May 6--WAGE Leesburg "Geeks on the Radio" Plummer interviewed. May 16--National Review Online: "A Trade Challenge"--US/EU biotech bi·o·tech n. Informal Biotechnology. biotech Noun short for biotechnology Noun 1. trade issues by Rippel May 20--Village Voice Plummer quoted on "gait recognition." May 18--SolarAccess.com quotes Smith and Plummer on energy issues. June--Consumers' Research magazine: "New Medical Privacy Rules Raise Concerns" by Plummer. June 5--WKZO-AMKalamazoo, Michigan Plummer interviewed on "black boxes" in cars. June 16--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Smith quoted on youth finance education. Consumer Alert participated in the "Rx challenge"--a survey on prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, prices and was cited in many publications in June, including: June 21--Roanoke Times & World News Roanoke, VA. June 22--Richmond Times-Dispatch June 24--Quad-City Times June 24--Associated Press June 24--Richmond Voice June 25--Associated Press June 25--Sioux City Journal June 25--Globe City Gazette June 25--Iowa Courier June 25--WOI Des Moines Des Moines, city, United States Des Moines (dĭ moin`), city (1990 pop. 193,187), state capital and seat of Polk co., S central Iowa, at the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers; inc. TV June 27 Copley newspapers Illinois June 27 WAND Decatur, Illinois
June 20--TechCentral Station "Real Media Reform" on Federal Communications Commissions Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. issues by Plummer. June 24--Smith participated in a press conference in Des Moines, IA on the "RX Challenge." |
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