Richard Berman's Front Groups and Projects:
ActivistCash is a project of The Center for Consumer Freedom that profiles activists and
organizations who provide funding for anti-big business initiatives.
FishScam is a Center for Consumer Freedom project funded by the food-and-beverage industry seeking to counter scientific evidence on the dangers of mercury levels in fish.
American Beverage Institute is a trade association representing the interests of the alcohol and restaurant industries, which fights against restrictions on alcohol consumption.
The Center for Consumer Freedom is a pro-food-and-beverage industry front group that attacks anyone who criticizes smoking, fast food or alcohol.
CSPIscam is dedicated solely to criticizing The Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Employment Policies Institute opposes increasing the minimum wage and promotes the specious concept that an increased minimum wage would drive the poor and uneducated out of the job market.
Interlock Facts is a "special project" of the American Beverage Institute that seeks to block the use of interlock technology in automobiles.
Mecuryfacts is a Center for Consumer Freedom project funded by the food-and-beverage industry seeking to counter scientific evidence on the dangers of mercury levels in fish.
SunlightScam represents indoor tanning manufacturers, distributors, and facility owners. It claims tanning is not dangerous in any way.
TeachersUnionFacts is an anti-education project of The Center for Union Facts that markets myths about teachers and tenure.
The Center for Union Facts is an anti-union "watchdog" front group that promotes misinformation about unions.
The Employee Freedom Action Committee is an anti-union front group that works to defeat the Employee Free Choice Act.
Econ4U.org is a project of the Employment Policies Institute that promotes economic information and personal finance advice from a pro-business perspective.
IncomeTaxFacts.org is a newly-created Berman website that aims to undermine President-elect Obama's tax policies.
Rotten Acorn is a site dedicated to spreading misinformation about ACORN, the nation's largest grassroots community organization of low- and moderate-income people.
HowMuchFish is a Center for Consumer Freedom project funded by the food-and-beverage industry seeking to counter scientific evidence on the dangers of mercury levels in fish.
"PETA Kills Animals" is a project of the Center for Consumer Freedom created to defile the reputation of animal-rights activists and promote misinformation about animal cruelty.
AnimalScam is a project of the Center for Consumer Freedom funded by the food-and-beverage industry to promote misinformation about animal cruelty.
PhysicianScam is a project of the Center for Consumer Freedom which promotes the interests of the food-and-beverage industry by providing misinformation about health care research.
SweetScam is a Center for Consumer Freedom project funded by the food-and-beverage industry seeking to counter scientific evidence linking consumption of high fructose corn syrup to obesity.
RethinkReform.com is a project of the Employment Policies Institute, which aims to defeat healthcare reform by running aggressive ad campaigns in congressional members' home states and districts.
DefeatTheDebt.com is a project of the Employment Policies Institute that provides information regarding the national debt and promotes methods for reducing that debt from a pro-business perspective.
HumaneWatch.org is a project of the Center for Consumer Freedom funded by the food-and-beverage industry to promote misinformation about the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).
D.C. Teachers Union Exposed is a project of the Center for Union Facts that spreads misinformation about the Washington Teachers' Union.
Step Up Wyoming is a project of the Center for Union Facts that spreads misinformation about teachers and tenure in Wyoming.
LaborPains is an anti-union blog co-hosted by the Center for Union Facts that promotes misinformation about unions.
Employeerightsact.com is a project of the Center for Union Facts which disseminates misleading and often false information about unions.
Another "special project" of the American Beverage Institute, the site's aim is to prevent the use of alcohol taxes to close budget shortfalls.
Richard Berman has been a regular front man for business and industry in campaigns against consumer safety and environmental groups. Through his public affairs firm, Berman and Company, Berman has fought unions, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, PETA and other watchdog groups in their efforts to raise awareness about obesity, the minimum wage, the dangers of smoking, mad cow disease, drunk driving, and other causes. Berman runs at least 23 industry-funded front groups and projects, such as the Center for Union Facts and holds 24 "positions" in those organizations.
Each year, Berman, using his front groups to spread misinformation, spends millions of dollars distracting the public with misleading ads.
As a result of his largesse, in 2006, Richard Berman used $2,000,000 in cash to buy this $3.3 million house.
IRS Tax Documentation
Center for Union Facts IRS tax exempt status acceptance letter
Center for Union Facts 990 Form
Suspect IRS Status
