‘Monsanto Has Worked Very Hard to Discredit Me and My Work’
“It’s subterfuge. It’s a fraud upon the public, it’s an intended fraud upon the media, and it’s designed to control the narrative and control the news.”
Ernest Coverson on Guns & Human Rights, Carey Gillam Under Attack From Monsanto
Vast majorities of Americans support serious regulation, but corporate media debate still seems to revolve around the supposed “rights” of the few, rather than the right of the many to live a life free from this scourge.
‘A Lot of That Science They Point to Is Science They Paid For’
“We’re allowing these companies, a handful of very powerful companies, to really dominate the regulatory system, the political system, food policy matters, agricultural policy, in which we all are just exposed to pesticides and chemicals that can do harm to our health.”
Carey Gillam on Monsanto Lawsuit
How much power we will grant profit-driven corporations to determine not just what we’re exposed to, but what we’re permitted to know about it?
Reuters vs. UN Cancer Agency: Are Corporate Ties Influencing Science Coverage?
Ever since they classified a widely used herbicide as “probably carcinogenic,” scientists at the UN’s cancer research group have been under attack by the agrichemical industry. One key weapon in industry’s arsenal has been the reporting of Kate Kelland, a veteran Reuters reporter.
‘If You’re So Proud of This Technology, Put It on the Label’
“If we’re going to tell people that they are voting with their dollars and they’re making decisions, you have to give them all the information. And when we came to that line, the industry wasn’t willing to do that.”
‘GMO Crops Are Tools of a Chemical Agriculture System’
“It’s really become a company that’s synonymous with that type of agriculture, of very expensive inputs, expensive seeds, and chemicals that go with them, and corporate control of these basic building blocks of the food supply.”
Ross Eisenbrey on Overtime Pay, Patty Lovera on Monsanto Protests
New Labor Department rules that mean more people will get overtime pay when they, well, work overtime. Why is that being portrayed as an attempt to “kill American prosperity”?
Washington Post’s Food Columnist Goes to Bat for Monsanto–Again
Washington Post food columnist Tamar Haspel offered an investigation (“the surprising truth”) about the food movement—without speaking to anyone in the food movement—concluding that there isn’t much of a food movement after all.
FAIR TV: Obama’s Terror ‘Pivot,’ Monsanto March, Schieffer’s Lament
This week on FAIR TV: Obama’s big speech on U.S. anti-terrorism policies was treated as a big shift, a pivot away from war. Was it? Activists around the world rallied against Monsanto–which wasn’t considered big news here. And Bob Schieffer complains that the White House makes it hard to get good guests for his Sunday […]
