You’ll never read the letters pages the same way again. Secrets and
Lies by Nigel Hager and Bob Burton is a forensic examination of one
corporate PR campaign鈥攖o promote logging in New Zealand by assiduously and
secretly trashing its green opponents in print. There are no laws against this
kind of pollution. And it is routine everywhere round the world. Published by
Common Courage Press, $17.95, ISBN 1567511821.
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