Sludge Watch ==> The Investigators - In the US it is not illegal to falsify or distort the news

[Maureen Reilly]

THis is a great use of YouTUBE
And it is an important story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trWcqxrQgcc

In February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an 
assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying 
the news in the United States.

Back in December of 1996, Jane Akre and her husband, Steve Wilson, were 
hired by FOX as a part of the Fox “Investigators” team at WTVT in Tampa Bay, 
Florida. In 1997 the team began work on a story about bovine growth hormone 
(BGH), a controversial substance manufactured by Monsanto Corporation. The 
couple produced a four-part series revealing that there were many health 
risks related to BGH and that Florida supermarket chains did little to avoid 
selling milk from cows treated with the hormone, despite assuring customers 
otherwise.

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By the way, Dr Shiv Chopra - one of the Canadian whistleblowers on BGH, who 
is also shown in this YouTUBE testifying at the Canadian Senate -is now in 
court for wrongful dismissal together with several collegues.