Author examines potentials for bias in coverage efforts of farm media, as reflected in a Trade Talk activity at the annual meeting of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26631
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Archived November 28, 2007, Via Food Safety Network. 1 page., Criticizes practices of reporters who want to "dish the dirt on dangerous dining, or seep into the city's soiled food service underbelly, or test for toxins in takeout."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: C25342
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From Vocal Point column via Food Safety Network. 3 pages., Author challenges accuracy of widely-accepted government statistics claiming that Americans spend under 10 percent of their disposable income on food.
Case study involving public relations practitioners who disguised the provenance of documents they had created or commissioned involving the "Wal-Marting Across America" information campaign.
