Rick Berman

Corporate Front Group Warns PETA’s New Neighbors of “Violence”

The Center for Consumer Freedom, a corporate front group formed by Philip Morris, is warning Dupont Circle businesses that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals may bring “violence” to the Washington, D.C. neighborhood. CCF’s press release and letter warns neighbors of the “potential for harassment, violence, and mass pet killings” from a “radical animal […]

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Head of Center for Consumer Freedom Called a “Despicable Man” by His Own Son

Rick Berman has no shortage of enemies. He and his various front groups have been the hired guns for a laundry list of nasty corporations, smearing anyone for a buck (including Mothers Against Drunk Driving or, as Stephen Colbert calls them, “O-mamma bin Laden”). I’ve written here about one of his groups, the Center for […]

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Center for Consumer Freedom Helps Terrorist Groups Raise Money

Last week the Center for Consumer Freedom, an industry front group, took out a full-page ad in The New York Times accusing the Humane Society of the United States of supporting “terrorism.” Their crime? A speech at a “holiday gala” for a group called the Humane League. If you’re not following, well, you’re not the […]

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Rick Berman, “Dr. Evil,” on Colbert Show

I found this very funny clip of Rick Berman on “The Colbert Report.” Berman, as many of you know, is the head of Center for Consumer Freedom. CCF has been out front in the effort to label animal and environmental advocates as “terrorists.” In this clip, though, Colbert questions where CCF gets its money (corporations) […]

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