John Stauber is the Executive Director of the
Center for Media and Democracy, a nonprofit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. Along with
Sheldon Rampton, he is the co-founder and editor of the quarterly publication
PR Watch also based in Madison, Wisconsin. His latest book along with Sheldon Rampton is
Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing Is Turning America into a One-Party State (Tarcher/Penguin). Stauber previous co-authored books including
Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush’s War on Iraq,
Mad Cow USA and
Toxic Sludge is Good For You. He was also a co-founder of
http://www.vote2stopbush.org/