19th September - 25th September

Each week McSpotlight will be updated on how the world's press has covered McLibel, McDonald's and multinationals in general.

  • INTER@CTIVE Week
    July 22, 1996; USA

  • Independent
    24th September 1996; UK

  • Z Magazine
    September 1996; USA

    Last Week in the Media

    12 Septmeber - 18 September - Adopt-A-Store and SLAPPS.
    22 August - 11 September - Mark Thomas' regular site to hang out: McSpotlight.
    7 August - 21August - Big Mac in big trouble over late openings.
    18 July - 6 August - Last year, 96% of Americans ate at McDonald's; more than half the American population lives within a three-minute drive of a McDonald's...
    4 July - 17 July - How corporations are "flame-broiled" on the Net.
    27 June - 3 July - The second anniversary of the McLibel Trial is celebrated in style.
    20 June - 26 June - Squall reveals how McDonald's is "gobbling the rainforests".
    13 June - 19 June - The New Statesman runs a very positive article on McSpotlight
    30 May - 12 June - McDonald's 'used police sources' in McLibel case, reports the Independent
    23 May - 29 May -     Red Pepper exposes Japanese racist myths about 'healthy' McDonald's food
    16 May - 22 May -     A quiet week: 'An American Cowboy in London' profiles McLibel witness Howard Lyman
    9 May - 15 May -     'McMyths about McJobs': Strange Spectator article defends low-paid work for young people
    2 May - 8 May -     Busy week, with McLibel featured on satirical TV show and analysis of McDonald's stranglehold over the UK
    24 April - 1 May -     Highlight of the week: George Monbiot's Guardian on the absurdities of Britain's libel laws
    16 April - 23 April -     Howard Lyman causes a storm on the Oprah Winfrey Show when Oprah pledges to give up burgers
    5 April - 15 April -     A quiet week, but with interesting legal analysis from Legal Action
    16 March - 4 April -     The BSE in beef crisis explodes, the media is saturated with McDonald's decision to ban British beef
    9 March - 15 March -     Sensational five-page colour feature in the UK's Guardian Weekend on the McLibel Trial and McSpotlight
    2 March - 8 March -     The world's press takes an interest in McSpotlight - articles in USA Today, Observer and Legal Action
    24 February - 1 March -     Lots of mentions for McLibel. McSpotlight makes 'Global Hero' for March 1996
    17 - 23 February -     Great headlines, media people: 'Big Mac's Critics Connect On Line', 'Burger Giant Under McSpotlight'...
    11 - 16 February -     Our first week - not much press. Little did they know...

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