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Following @TBIJ story, what we suspect:
Shadowy network of @BloombergDotOrg funded folks throwing out lazy accusations to muddy debate about tobacco harm reduction

The big questions:
Is it coordinated?
Who’s pulling the strings?
Why?
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To find out more, let's dive a little deeper into the story.

Let's have a look at the funding sources of the people who were quoted in the piece.
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Let's start with this as the baseline:

@TBIJ is funded by Vital Strategies

thebureauinvestigates.com/about-us/our-f…

Vital Strategies is funded by @BloombergDotOrg

vitalstrategies.org/programs/tobac…

Now, what about those public health people quoted in the story?
4/10

Dr. Vinayak Prasad works for the WHO

WHO receives funding from @BloombergDotOrg and Mr. Bloomberg is also WHO Global Ambassador for Non Communicable Diseases.

who.int/about/finances…
5/10

Pascal Diethelm works for Oxysuisse

Oxysuisse is a member of the Framework Convention Alliance

The Framework Convention Alliance receives funding from @BloombergDotOrg and @VitalStrat

oxysuisse.ch/apropos
fctc.org/about-us/
6/10

Prof. Johanna Cohen is Bloomberg Professor of Disease Prevention at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Rather unsurprisingly, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health receives funding from @BloombergDotOrg

bloomberg.org/program/founde…
7/10

Tess Legg works for the University of Bath

The University of Bath receives funding from @BloombergDotOrg

bath.ac.uk/announcements/…
8/10

Matt Myers works for Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids @TobaccoFreeKids

Turns out that…

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids receives funding from @VitalStrat and @BloombergDotOrg

vitalstrategies.org/wp-content/upl…

tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/glo…
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This means almost three-quarters of public health commentators quoted in the story have connections to @BloombergDotOrg 💰

Call me skeptical, but with so many Bloomberg-funded folks in an “independent” @TBIJ piece…

Sounds fishy to me

#JustSayin
10/10

To quote one commentator “the 'bureau' got nearly everything wrong”.

You decide:
Is it coordinated?
Who’s pulling the strings?
Why?

If you want to read the facts:
pmi.com/media-center/n…
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