Brilliant interview with @careygillam on the nuts & bolts of agriculture & pesticide disinformation disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/a-candid-con… Carey's just been blocked by corporate sponsors of a big ag media event from talking to fellow journalists about how to investigate stories using FOIA
@careygillam Carey says corporate money is at play in journalism conferences and gives example of how @Bayer—in exchange for v generous donations—positioned itself to not just set agendas for journalistic conferences but get a say in what kind of stories are applauded and promoted via awards.
@careygillam @Bayer Carey & @thackerpd also discuss the evidence of Monsanto's targeting of journalists & scientists via front groups & other third parties. One group targeting Carey et al was told, “The key will be keeping #Monsanto in the background so as not to harm the credibility of the info.”
@careygillam @Bayer @thackerpd "Monsanto had a v structured campaign to bring science writers into the fold & direct what they're writing." Docs show how a Reuters reporter got direction from #Monsanto—& a Monsanto consultant—to write negative stories about @WHO after it said Roundup was a probable carcinogen.
@careygillam @Bayer @thackerpd @WHO #Monsanto got the Reuters journo "to write what they asked her to write, internal Monsanto documents show. She even sent them a draft of one of her stories before it was published, which we were not allowed to do at Reuters." GMW: The journo won an award for 1 of those stories!🤦
@careygillam @Bayer @thackerpd @WHO Journalists garnering favour with big firms "happens a lot.. A lot of career benefits can come from cozying up to very large & powerful companies. They can feed you the stories and breaking news, and get you access to top execs that make you look good in front of your editors."
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