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The study is funded by the Coalition for Sustainable Egg Supply [1] which is "facilitated" by the Center for Food Integrity [2], which is run by a PR firm on be
by debacle 12y ago
The study is funded by the Coalition for Sustainable Egg Supply [1] which is "facilitated" by the Center for Food Integrity [2], which is run by a PR firm on behalf of ConAgra, Monsanto, Tyson, and others.
It makes me sad that NPR is slowly turning into just another mouthpiece.
[1] http://www2.sustainableeggcoalition.org/ http://www2.sustainableeggcoalition.org/
[2] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Food_Integrity http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Food_I...
- bkirwi 12y agoOne additional note: this is a survey article, not based on a single study. This seems to be the case of NPR staff using a questionable reference, not just rewriting a press release.
- logn 12y agoThe day the Senate torture report broke, NPR referred to torture as enhanced interrogation.
- bduerst 12y agoA CFI-supported study is mentioned in the article, but NPR also mentions other organizations, like the Cornucopia institute, that I can't find any bias on. There seems to be multiple sources for this NPR article here, meaning I don't think NPR has degraded to mouthpiece status just yet.
- ineedtosleep 12y agoPoisoning the well much? Even if true, one biased article does not make them into "another mouthpiece."
- meepmorp 12y agoIt says more about you than anyone else if knowing the names of the founders makes the data seem unreliable.
- dubfan 12y agoPropaganda works both ways, and Sourcewatch has a massive blind spot when it comes to anti-corporate propaganda. Their page on Monsanto is full of uncritically repeated propaganda from the likes of Vandana Shiva.