They describe themselves as the "largest public interest communications firm in the country",[1] and maintain offices in Washington, DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City.
[7] Fenton specializes in public relations for not-for-profit organizations, and serves nonprofit, government, education and philanthropy clients dedicated to social justice and equity.
The NRDC claimed that Alar was toxic to babies, and studies showed that very large dosages caused a small rate of cancer in research animals.
[16] David Fenton stated that FC's goal was to create so many repetitions of NRDC's message that average American consumers would hear it from many different media outlets in a short time.
[16] While the company's work on Alar and other projects has been labeled propaganda, Fenton replied that "I would never say something that wasn’t true about it; that would undermine my ability to be successful.
[18] In the 1990s, the Chicago Tribune alleged that the company used Command Trust, an organization of women who had survived toxic breast implants to generate huge amounts of publicity in British tabloids and talk shows.