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GMOs and the Capitulation of Scientific Journalism" rel="bookmark">Fakethrough! GMOs and the Capitulation of Scientific Journalism</a></h2>
<div class="entry-content"><p>Published today in <em>Independent Science News</em>: “<a title="Fakethrough! Jonathan Latham January 2014 on ISN website" href="http://www.independentsciencenews.org/science-media/fakethrough-gmos-and-the-capitulation-of-science-journalism/" target="_blank">Fakethrough! GMOs and the Capitulation of Science Journalism</a>“, by Jonathan Latham, PhD, Executive Director of The Bioscience Resource Project.</p><p>“<em>The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a
democracy. It’s not our job to cozy up to power. We’re supposed to be
the check and balance on government</em>.” — Amy Goodman</p><p>Goodman, like many others, believes the role of a democratic press is that of public interest watchdog.</p><p>For the the science media it appears to be the role not taken. This
failure is perhaps most evident in its coverage of the Ag-Biotech
industry, where the gap between what the data supports and the press
reports appears ever-widening. Especially telling are the articles
describing ‘humanitarian’ GMO breakthroughs in which biotech crops are
proposed, in the words of Canada’s <em>National Post</em>, to pull “<em>the African continent out of decades of economic and social despair</em>”.</p><p>These articles appear in all of the science media and beyond, including the <em>New York Times</em>, <em>Time</em> magazine, the <em>Toronto Globe and Mail</em>, the <em>Guardian</em>, the <em>Economist</em>, <em>Slate</em>, <em>New Scientist</em>, <em>Forbes</em>
and hundreds of other news outlets. The Ag-Biotech industry has taken
full advantage of a compliant media to put forth an image of itself as <em>sophisticated, caring, and essential to the world’s survival. </em>The mirror image, in fact, of that supported by both science and history.</p><p>This continuous flow of “good news for the world” stories originates
from a very limited number of GMO biotech projects: edible vaccines,
biofortified cassava, golden rice, and a virus resistant sweet potato.
Based on preliminary research, unpublished findings, or already failed
projects, what these stories primarily showcase is the failure of the
mainstream science press to fulfill the requirements of rigorous and
skeptical journalism. For the full story on this failure of the science
press and its implications, read “<a title="Fakethrough! Jonathan Latham January 2014 on ISN website" href="http://www.independentsciencenews.org/science-media/fakethrough-gmos-and-the-capitulation-of-science-journalism/" target="_blank">Fakethrough! GMOs and the Capitulation of Science Journalism</a>“, by Jonathan Latham, PhD.</p><p>URL: <a title="Fakethrough! Jonathan Latham January 2014 on ISN website" href="http://www.independentsciencenews.org/science-media/fakethrough-gmos-and-the-capitulation-of-science-journalism/" target="_blank">http://www.independentsciencenews.org/science-media/fakethrough-gmos-and-the-capitulation-of-science-journalism/</a></p><p>**************</p></div>“<em>Well, there’s a question as to what sort of information is
important in the world, what sort of information can achieve reform. And
there’s a lot of information. So information that organizations are
spending economic effort into concealing, that’s a really good signal
that when the information gets out, there’s a hope of it doing some
good.</em>” — Julian AssangeAllison </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Allison Wilson, PhD</div><div>Science Director</div><div>The Bioscience Resource Project</div><div><br></div><div>phone: 1 (607) 319 0279</div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><a href="mailto:a.wilson@bioscienceresource.org">a.wilson@bioscienceresource.org</a></div><div><a href="http://www.independentsciencenews.org/">www.independentsciencenews.org</a><br>and<br><a href="http://www.bioscienceresource.org/">www.bioscienceresource.org</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>"Good with Science"</div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>