{"id":14665,"date":"2015-03-21T07:15:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T11:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=14665"},"modified":"2015-03-21T07:15:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-21T11:15:15","slug":"frankenjournalism-at-msnbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=14665","title":{"rendered":"Frankenjournalism at MSNBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
<a href="https://blackhillsballoons.com/1185-2/"></a> Two years ago, a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/bills\/113\/hr1699#summary\/oursummary\" target=\"_blank\">bill<\/a>\u00a0to label foods that contained genetically engineered ingredients was introduced into Congress by a Democratic representative from Oregon and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/113th-congress\/senate-bill\/809\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic senator <\/a>from California. It didn&#8217;t go anywhere, and we haven&#8217;t heard much about it, though since then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/blogs\/stateline\/2014\/03\/13\/many-states-weigh-gmo-labels\" target=\"_blank\">proposed mandatory GMO labeling laws<\/a> in some states have been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2014\/12\/11\/oregon-gmo-labeling-campaign-admits-defeat\/20275987\/\" target=\"_blank\">in the news<\/a>. As Nathanael Johnson <a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/food\/gmo-labeling-laws-keep-failing-heres-why-we-can-expect-more\/\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> in <em>Grist<\/em> last year, these initiatives draw media interest, which often helps to educate consumers that are mostly clueless about GMOs:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
<a href="https://forgive123.com/travel/">https://forgive123.com/travel/</a> When veteran health and environmental reporters dig into the GMO debate, they start showing people what all the most trustworthy scientific and medical institutions have found: This technology is no riskier than other cherished new technologies we constantly introduce into our lives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
<a href="https://disneycruisinggroup.com/transportation/">Ambien Buy Without Prescription</a> Such responsible journalism was nowhere to be seen in a seven minute MSNBC segment\u00a0that aired last month:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p> 
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<a href="https://www.randwickpsychologycentre.com/contact/">Buy Soma 350 Mg Online</a> I didn&#8217;t see the piece until this weekend, when\u00a0someone on my Twitter feed mentioned it. Everything about it, starting with the &#8220;Frankenfood&#8221; graphics, is editorially slanted. The piece leads off with the news hook&#8211;a GMO labeling bill being reintroduced in Congress by Democrats. Then it displays the results of a <a href=\"http:\/\/ap-gfkpoll.com\/featured\/ap-gfk-poll-an-appetite-for-labeling-genetically-modified-foods\" target=\"_blank\">recent AP poll<\/a> that found a large majority of Americans were in favor of GMO labeling.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://raceflowdevelopment.com/customer-service/"></a> However, as <a href=\"http:\/\/news.rutgers.edu\/research-news\/most-americans-pay-little-attention-genetically-modified-foods-survey-says\/20131101#.VQ1COSgwL18\" target=\"_blank\">this research<\/a> has suggested, and as Chris Mooney has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2014\/10\/29\/its-not-that-gmo-labeling-is-popular-its-that-people-are-clueless\/\" target=\"_blank\">pointed out<\/a> at the <em>Washington Post&#8217;s<\/em> Wonkblog,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
<a href="https://castlehomecomfort.com/bathtub-installation/">Buy Lorazepam Online Without Prescription</a> when people tell pollsters they favor GMO labeling, they don&#8217;t really know what they&#8217;re saying. Because overall public knowledge about GMOs is very low, many GMO polls give &#8220;a measure of what people will say they want to label when they have no idea what that means,&#8221; explains Yale public opinion researcher Dan Kahan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
<a href="https://rgprincipal.com/contact-colombia/">https://rgprincipal.com/contact-colombia/</a> The MSNBC piece turned to two GMO labeling proponents&#8211;a popular chef and an Oregon Democratic congressman&#8211;to explain why GMO foods should be labeled. The MSNBC host of this segment came off as a vapid facilitator; he served up softball questions to his guests that reinforced\u00a0the &#8220;frankenfood&#8221; theme. He also implicitly framed the GMO labeling push as a Democratic issue.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://prosthodontistlasvegas.com/financing-options/"></a> Americans, it should be noted, are not polarized on the GMO issue.<\/p>\n<p> 
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<a href="https://dentalprovidence.com/dental-sealants/">Buy Clonazepam Without Prescription</a> And despite the best efforts of activists to inflame the GMO discourse with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaeleisen.org\/blog\/?p=1082\" target=\"_blank\">skull and crossbones rhetoric<\/a>.\u00a0The frankenjournalism recently shown at MSNBC was essentially an infomercial for anti-GMO campaigners. As such, it was a disservice to its viewers and the public discourse on GMOs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 
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