Re: NPR Report on Monsanto

Mark Ritchie (mritchie@iatp.org)
Wed, 17 Mar 1999 07:52:22 -0600

I was on an previous NPR show about biosafety/biotech in which my
impression from the NPR producer was that they she and NPR were pro-biotech
and pro-monsanto. On the show that was aired I had one sentence and then
there were 4 strong proponents of biotech.
How about some calls to NPR to complain??

At 04:04 PM 3/16/99 -0700, Ed and Sue Sparling wrote:
>>>>
Dear Sustainable Ag Network Subscribers:

How did you all react to the "All Things Considered piece on Monsanto?"

My reaction was that the Monsanto PR dept had a big hand in it.
Interesting that Clinton is going to give Fraley (former PR man for
Monsanto) a medal. Ouch!

I have to wonder if tommorow's part 2 will incorporate a serious
consideration of concerns about the effects of bt GM plants on the organic
farming sector. It seems pretty irresponsible reporting if Dan Charles
(NPR reporter) hasn't talked to Charles Benbrook (for example).

Ed Sparling
Professor Emeritus
Dept Agric Economics
Colorado State University

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