Format: Commentary / Subject Term: 3 selected

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Looker, Dan (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2000-05
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26423
Journal Title:: Successful Farming
Journal Title Details:: 98(7) : 15
Notes:: "Farmers' lack of market power is the real enemy, so farmers and ranchers must work together to gain bargaining power, because, without it, independent farmers have little hope of survival." Mentions issue of farm organizations, agricultural trade and commodity groups misrepresenting their interests to Congress and policy makers by posing as the family farmer.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Young-Puyear, Cyndi (author / Brownfield Network)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2016-04-29
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11024
Journal Title:: Illinois AgriNews
Journal Title Details:: 39(9) : D6
Notes:: "It is not the job of an ag news broadcaster or agricultural journalist to be an 'advocate'." ..."covering all sides of a story is a responsibility for any reporter."

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Truitt, Gary (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2007-11-14
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26662
Journal Title:: Farm World
Journal Title Details:: 53(41) : 4-5
Notes:: 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.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Jolley, C.R. (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2009-08-24
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29371
Notes:: Via CattleNetwork.com. 1 page.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Simons, Margaret (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2009-01-02
Published:: Australia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28823
Notes:: Via Agmates blog. 3 pages.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: ABC Television, Australia.
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2008-10
Published:: Australia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28822
Notes:: Via "Media Watch" online. 5 pages., "Media Watch" commentator criticizes Queensland Country Life farm paper for "non-journalism" - printing news releases as if they were reported stories. Shows examples.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2009
Published:: Australia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28821
Notes:: Via Agmates online. 3 pages., Author and follow-up commentators respond to criticism of the Queensland Country Life periodical by ABC Media Watch for "churning out press releases as if they were real journalism."

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Dickson, David (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2005-10-15
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24724
Notes:: Retrieved October 14, 2005, Via Science and Development Network. 4 pages., "A democratic dialogue over science-related issues is critical for modern societies. But providing reliable information in an accessible way is an essential prerequisite for this to occur." Author notes a worrying trend within much of the world's media whereby a traditional commitment to reporting facts is giving way to coverage on interpretations of fact (or "spin").

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Solomon, Norman (author) and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), New York, New York.
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2000-03-23
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: C25048
Notes:: Retrieved December 7, 2006, Media Beat. 2 pages., Author challenges photojournalists to provide greater economic and social context for photos, such as those featuring the rural poor.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Malkan, Stacy (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2016-02-04
Published:: USA: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10572
Notes:: 5 pages., via website, FAIR., Author revisits an earlier concern about the performance of a newspaper food columnist who recently admitted taking money from agribusiness interest groups that she covers.

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